Oral Health Learning Café
The Oral Health Learning Café is an informal, supportive space where professionals can engage with others and learn. The café includes a discussion list and monthly webinars that provide information about oral health programs and services (e.g., integrating oral health care and primary care) throughout the country and share strategies, challenges, lessons learned, and resources.
The Oral Health Learning Café, launched September 2021, continues the work of the Oral Health Integration in Medical Settings Knowledge Network that was established and maintained by Arcora Foundation and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Section on Oral Health. The network operated from March 2018 to August 2021. OHRC is grateful for the opportunity to continue its work.
Subscribe to the Oral Health Learning Café discussion list to receive announcements about upcoming webinars and to the monthly Oral Health Integration Alert to engage with oral health colleagues.
Oral Health Integration Alert
A monthly compilation of recent journal articles and other materials and upcoming conferences and webinars to inform efforts to integrate oral health care and primary care for pregnant women, infants, and children.
2025 Webinar Program
January 9, 2025. From The First Tooth. Register for the webinar.
February 11, 2025. Let’s Debrief and Discuss! Key Elements for Program Success: Part 1—Collaborative Partnerships and Leadership Support and a Commitment to Technical Assistance. Register for the webinar.
March 13, 2025. Let’s Debrief and Discuss! Key Elements for Program Success: Part 2—Sustained, Diverse Funding and Evaluation. Register for the webinar.
April 8, 2025. Cancelled.
May 8, 2025. To be determined.
June 10, 2025. SDF in the Medical Setting: Strategies for Successful Referral to Dental Care. Register for the webinar.
Dates will be added as speakers are confirmed.
2024 Webinar Program
January 11, 2024. Integration in Health Centers. Candace Owen, National Network for Oral Health Access.
February 13, 2024. Open Forum: Share Your Plans for National Children's Dental Health Month and Updates About Your Initiatives to Integrate Oral Health Care into Primary Care.
March 14, 2024. How Medicaid Claims Data Can Inform Medical-Dental Integration and Community Engagement Strategies. Kate Parker-Reilly, Connecticut Dental Health Partnership.
April 9, 2024. Integrating an Oral Health Specialist into the Inpatient Care Setting. Katharine Martinez, Phoenix Children's Hospital.
May 9, 2024. Developing AAP Guidance on Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) Application in the Pediatric Medical Setting. Divya Khera, New York University, College of Dentistry, Hollis Russinof, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Alexis Snyder, American Academy of Pediatrics work group family representative.
June 11, 2024. Drive Policy and Practice Change Using a State Environmental Scan. Mary Backley, Maryland Dental Action Coalition; Patricia Braun, University of Colorado and Denver Health; Ericca Facetti, Virginia Health Catalyst; Lindsay Sailor, Michigan Primary Care Association; and Bridget Walsh, Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy.
July 11, 2024. Cancelled.
August 13, 2024. Integrating Oral Health Care into Primary Care in Five Successful, Long-Standing, Statewide Programs. Katy Battani, Consortium for Oral Health, National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center.
September 12, 2024. Into the Mouths of Babes: Primary Care Fluoride Varnish Program. Emily Horney, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Oral Health Section.
October 8, 2024. Cavity Free at Three. Leah Brunner, Ashleigh Kirk, and Becky Sarniak, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
November 12, 2024. Colorado Medical-Dental Integration Project. Patricia Braun, University of Colorado and Denver Health.
December 10, 2024. I-Smile Dental Home Initiative and Cavity Free Iowa. Tracy Rodgers, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.
2023 Webinar Program
January 12, 2023. Transforming Oral Health for Families, Rachel King, HealthEfficient.
February 14, 2023. Midwest Network for Oral Health Integration, Lindsay Sailor, Michigan Primary Care Association.
March 9, 2023. Clinical Vignettes on Interprofessional Collaboration in Pediatrics. Sarah Khan, Rochester Pediatric Dentistry and Rochester Community and Technical College, Dental Hygiene Program.
April 11, 2023. Cancelled.
May 11, 2023. Integrating Oral Health Care and Primary Care Learning Collaborative: A State and Local Partnership. Katy Battani, Dana Fischer, and Sarah Kolo, Consortium for Oral Health Systems Integration and Improvement, National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center.
June 13, 2023. HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Programs: Oral Health Data Report. Mahyar Mofidi and Catishia Mosley, Health Resources and Services Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Division of Community HIV/AIDS Programs.
July 13, 2023. Prenatal/Postpartum Oral Health Care in Maryland. Lisa Bress, University of Maryland School of Dentistry.
August 8, 2023. Oral Health and Prenatal Care Integration at a Community Health Center in Georgia. Charmaine Idlett with Clifton Bush, Albany Area Primary Health Care.
September 14, 2023. Improving Access to Dental Care for Medically Complex Latinx Children in South Carolina. Blakely Amati, Prisma Health Center for Pediatric Medicine, and University of South Carolina School of Medicine—Greenville.
October 10, 2023. Oral Health Knowledge Network: Teaching Medical Students the Complete Oral Exam. Eileen Crespo, Delta Dental of Minnesota.
November 9, 2023. Synergizing Shots and Smiles: A Medical Dental Integration Project for HPV Vaccination. Jessica Jack, Denver Health and Hospital Authority and University of Colorado School of Medicine.
December 12, 2023. Children’s Oral Health Network of Maine, Health Integration Action Team: A Statewide Network Approach to Reducing the Dental Disease Burden Via Medical/Dental Integration. Lyvia Gaewsky, From the First Tooth, Becca Matusovich, Children’s Oral Health Network of Maine, and Courtney E. Vannah, MCD Global Health.
2022 Webinar Program
January 13, 2022. From the First Tooth and Maine Partnership for Children's Oral Health—Health Integrated Action Team. Lyvia Gaewsky, From the First Tooth, and Dee Kerry, AAP, Maine Chapter.
February 8, 2022. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation: Prevention of Dental Caries in Children Younger Than 5 Years—Screening and Interventions. Michael Cabana, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
March 10, 2022. From Rare Diseases to Dental Sealants: Shared Decision-Making in Oral Health. Matt Allen, DifferentKind.
April 12, 2022. Cancelled.
May 12, 2022. Evaluation of the Oral Health Knowledge Network. Hugh Silk, Center for Integration of Primary Care and Oral Health.
June 14, 2022. Accelerating Systems Change in Oral Health Education and Practice. Anita Duhl Glicken, National Interprofessional Initiative on Oral Health.
July 14, 2022. It’s All About Relationships: Partnering with and Learning from Native People and Communities. Sarah Borgida, Arcora Foundation, and David Cournoyer, Plain Depth Consulting.
August 9, 2022. Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges. Renee Joskow, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.
September 8, 2022. Oral Health Prevention for Non-Dental Virtual Encounters. C. Eve J. Kimball, AAP, Pennsylvania Chapter.
October 11, 2022. Overview: Oral Health Literacy Environmental Scan. Alice Horowitz and Catherine Maybury, University of Maryland School of Public Health, Horowitz Center for Health Literacy.
October 18, 2022. Partnering with Native Communities to Improve Oral Health (Part 2). Sarah Borgida, Arcora Foundation, David Cournoyer, Plain Depth Consulting, and Rachael Hogan, Dental Director, Swinomish Dental Clinic.
November 10, 2022. 100 Million Mouths Campaign: Experiences as the Oral Health Champion for Hawaii. Deborah Mattheus, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing.
December 13, 2022. Rocky Mountain Network of Oral Health, Patricia Braun, University of Colorado and Denver Health.
2021 Webinar Program
February 9, 2021. Results from the RoMoNOH Medical Dental Integration Environmental Scan: Arizona, Colorado, Montana. Kera Beskin, AAP, Section on Oral Health.
March 11, 2021. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Delivering Preventive Dental Services to Disadvantaged Children. Jacqueline Burgette, University of Pittsburgh.
April 13, 2021. Lessons in Leverage from Colorado. Reid Bryan, Cavity Free at Three and Mindy Craig, Colorado Children’s Healthcare Access Program.
May 13, 2021. Patient Centered Care Through Teledentistry. Ramona English, Petaluma, Rohnert Park and Coastal Health Centers.
June 8, 2021. Outreach Dental Team Colocation: Primary Care and Behavioral Health Integration. Linda Mann, and Karen Hall, Capitol Dental.
July 15, 2021. Cancelled.
August 10, 2021. Medical Dental Integration in Yakima, WA. Cassie Pawlowski, University of Washington, School of Dentistry.
September 9, 2021. We Deliver! Bringing HPV Literacy into Dental Offices. Eileen Crespo, Delta Dental of Minnesota, and Jennifer Oliphant, University of Minnesota.
October 12, 2021. Silver Diamine Fluoride—Convincing a Skeptic. Margarita Fontana, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, and Erinne Kennedy, Kansas City University College of Dental Medicine.
November 11, 2021. Cancelled.
December 14, 2021. Indiana Pediatric Dental Anticipatory Guidance. T. Anthony GiaQuinta and Amber Lenwell, AAP, Indiana Chapter.
Presentation slides for webinars before September 2021 are available on request. Contact Katy Battani (keb302@georgetown.edu) or Susan Lorenzo (susan.lorenzo@georgetown.edu).