Index of Milestones
| 1840 | First dental school established |
| 1880 | Importance of dental hygiene gains acceptance |
| 1906 | First free school dental clinic opened |
| 1912 | Children’s Bureau established |
| 1913 | First dental hygiene school established |
| 1930 | U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers expanded |
| 1931 | Fluoride found to reduce dental caries |
| 1935 | Title V of the Social Security Act enacted |
| 1937 | American Association of Public Health Dentistry established |
| 1943 | American Public Health Association, Oral Health Section, established |
| 1945 | Fluoridation of community water supplies began |
| 1948 | Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors established |
| 1955 | Indian Health Service established |
| 1956 | Health Amendments Act passed |
| 1965 | Children and Youth Projects created Head Start Program established MCH Pediatric Dentistry Training Program established Title XIX (Medicaid) established |
| 1967 | Dental sealants developed Title V of the Social Security Act amended |
| 1972 | National Health Service Corps created |
| 1979 | Healthy People: The Surgeon General’s Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (report) released |
| 1980 | Public Policy Options for Better Dental Health: Report of a Study released |
| 1981 | The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 passed |
| 1983 | U.S. Public Health Service Dental Professional Advisory Committee created |
| 1989 | The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 passed Public Health Service Workshop on Oral Health of Mothers and Children convened |
| 1990 | U.S. Public Health Service Oral Health Coordinating Committee created |
| 1993 | Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 passed |
| 1994 | Medical providers begin delivering preventive oral health services |
| 1996 | Children’s Dental Services Under Medicaid: Access and Utilization (report) released Health Centers Consolidation Act passed National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center established |
| 1997 | State Children’s Health Insurance Program established |
| 1998 | Building Partnerships to Improve Children’s Access to Medicaid Oral Health Services (conference) held Health Resources and Services Administration / Health Care Financing Administration Oral Health intra-agency agreement |
| 2000 | The Face of a Child: Surgeon General’s Conference on Children and Oral Health held Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General (report) released Partnership for State Oral Health Leadership established |
| 2001 | Head Start Bureau/Maternal and Child Health Bureau agreement established |
| 2003 | A National Call to Action to Promote Oral Health: A Public-Private Partnership Under the Leadership of the Office of the Surgeon General (report) released National Maternal and Child Oral Health Policy Center established State Oral Health Collaborative Systems program established |
| 2005 | Smiles for Life: A National Oral Health Curriculum released |
| 2006 | Targeted State MCH Oral Health Service Systems program established Oral Health Care During Pregnancy and Early Childhood: Practice Guidelines released |
| 2007 | Alliance for Information on Maternal and Child Health program established Death of Deamonte Driver from a brain infection caused by tooth decay |
| 2009 | Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act signed into law |
| 2010 | Partnership for Oral Health Leadership established Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law |
| 2011 | Advancing Oral Health in America (report) released Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations (report) released School-Based Comprehensive Oral Health Services established |
| 2012 | Oral Health Care During Pregnancy: A National Consensus Statement— Summary of an Expert Workgroup Meeting released Considerations for Oral Health Integration in Primary Care Practice for Children (module) released Integration of Oral Health and Primary Care Practice Initiative launched |
| 2013 | Oral Health Literacy—Workshop Summary released Perinatal and Infant Oral Health Quality Improvement Initiative established |
| 2014 | Integration of Oral Health and Primary Care Practice (report) released |
| 2015 | Title V MCH Services Block Grant transformation |
| 2017 | Center for Oral Health Systems Integration and Improvement established |
| 2019 | Networks for Oral Health Integration within the Maternal and Child Health Safety Net established Partnership for Integrating Oral Health Care into Primary Care established |
| 2020 | 100 Million Mouths Campaign launched COVID-19 Pandemic and Oral Health in the United States begins |
| 2021 | Consortium for Oral Health Systems Integration and Improvement established Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges (report) released |
| 2022 | All 50 states and Washington, DC offer oral health coverage for women enrolled in Medicaid during pregnancy and postpartum |
| 2024 | Consortium for Oral Health established Maternal and Child Health–Improving Oral Health Integration Projects established Title V Maternal and Child Services Block Grant guidance updates |
| 2025 | Updates to the Child and Adult Core Health Care Quality Measurement Sets and Mandatory Reporting Guidance released |
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