Organizations
Programs/Initiatives
American Dental Association, Give Kids a Smile!
Provides education and preventive and restorative care to children from families with low incomes. Give Kids a Smile! is an annual centerpiece of National Children's Dental Health Month.
Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures™
Provides oral health screenings and education for children around the world through partnerships with governments, schools, and communities.
National Interprofessional Initiative on Oral Health
A systems change initiative focused on education and training systems that support primary care health professionals.
Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice
A national effort to incorporate oral health into nursing education and practice.
Partnership for Healthy Mouths Healthy Lives
Works with the Ad Council on an oral-health-literacy campaign to provide education and raise awareness about children's oral health among parents and caregivers.
Pew Charitable Trusts, Children's Dental Policy
Promotes cost-effective policies to expand access to oral health care.
Special Olympics, Healthy Athletes, Special Smiles
Provides oral health screening, education, and referral under the auspices of Special Olympics, and strives to increase the number of oral health professionals who serve individuals with cognitive disabilities.
WKKF
Explores the feasibility of establishing dental therapist programs as a way to provide oral health care to those in need.