This white paper was commissioned by the Funders Oral Health Policy Group, a network of national and regional foundations, with additional funding from the REACH Healthcare Foundation. The report was prepared by Bonni Brownlee, MHA CPHQ CPEHR, Director, Quality Improvement and Compliance Consulting Services, Qualis Health, Seattle Washington, and also director of the REACH Medical Home Initiative in Kansas City.  The white paper includes perspectives shared by representatives of various health care organizations: Mark Doherty, DMD, MPH, CCHP, Executive Director, DentaQuest Institute, Safety Net Solutions Program, Westborough, MA and former Dental Director, Dorchester House Multi Service Center, Boston, MA; Tracy Garland, Senior Advisor for National Oral Health Programs, DentaQuest Foundation; Jaime Hirschfeld, Health Center Growth and Development Specialist, Training and Technical Assistance Department, National Association of Community Health Centers, Washington, DC; Martin Lieberman DDS, Dental Director, Neighborcare, Seattle, WA; Greg Nycz, Executive Director, Family Health Center of Marshfield, WI; Shannon Quirk, Project Director, Oral Health Initiative, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, Boston, MA; Andrew Snyder, Policy Specialist, National Academy for State Health Policy, Washington, DC; and Dan Watt DDS, Dental Director, Terry Reilly Health Services, Boise, ID.

The Colorado Oral Health Plan has something for everyone in all walks of health interest to improve oral health for Coloradans. The plan is a web-based document that is interactive and easily updated.

A Policy Brief from Quality Improvement in an Era of Accountability, describes the drivers of quality improvement in oral health care and identifies future trends and policy considerations.

Highlights of the multi-contributor report, Quality Improvement in an Era of Accountability, edited by Dr. Paul Glassman.

This multi-contributor report, Oral Health Quality Improvement in an Era of Accountability, by Paul Glassman DDS, MA, MBA, with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foudnation and the DentaQuest Institute outlines an approach to expand the oral health quality improvement effort through data collection, accountability and new ways of delivering oral health care

Summary of First Leadership Colloquium. Over125 participants from across the United States met in Washington, DC on November 7 and 8, 2011 to discuss the role for medical and dental collaboration in building national commitment to optimal oral health for all.

VIDEO Answering the Call for Oral Health (NCCPA Foundation)   This video, produced by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants in association with the National Interprofessional Initiative on Oral Health, shares the perspectives of primary care professionals who regularly include oral health in patient evaluations.

VIDEO Expanding Access to Oral Health Care: Nurses Make a Difference (New York University College of Nursing) If every nurse took up the cause of oral health, there would be that many more eyes and ears on the issue and that can make an extraordinary difference in screening, intervention and the total health of the body and the person. 

Bibliography of Oral Health Resources -- annotated summaries of literature related to oral health, preventive procedures (fluoride varnishes), dental caries, oral/systemic diseases (diabetes), prenatal and perinatal oral health, cardiovascular disease and oral health, seniors and oral health, and oral health and other systemic connections. The document provides a good starting place for clinicians who wish to investigate the evidence base for the oral/systemic connection.