Dental Care
Read
more about the ongoing work and results of the Task Force on
Dental Care Access.
2005 North Carolina Oral Health Summit Access to
Dental Care
Summit Proceedings
and Action Plan
In April 2005, the Oral Health Section of the Division of
Public Health, within the NC Department of Health and Human Services, conducted
the North Carolina Oral Health Summit: Buiding a Collaborative for Action.
Participants at this one-day summit reviewed the findings and recommendations
from the 1999 NC Institute of Medicine Task Force on Dental Care Access
report to determine if the issues it addressed were still relevant, what
actions had occurred to implement the Task Force's recommendations, and the
barriers to implementation. This report outlines summit participants' suggested
changes to the original recommendations. The goal of the Summit was to
identify potential strategies to improve dental care access - whether by further implementation of the
original 1999 NC IOM Task Force recommendations - or through new strategies.
Task Force on Dental Care Access:
Report to the North Carolina General Assembly and to the Secretary
of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Final
Report
2001
Update
2003 Update
2005 North Carolina Oral Health Summit Access to Dental Care
In the Summer
of 1998, NC DHHS requested the assistance of the NC IOM
in evaluating and recommending strategies to address the problem
of access to primary dental care services for low-income populations
in our state. Among the issues of fiscal concern was the low level
of participation by private dentists in the NC Medicaid program.
After eight months of research, the NC IOM
presented its final report to NC DHHS.
