Oral Health in Rural Communities – Organizations

3RNET (National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network)
Works to help physicians and other healthcare professionals find practice opportunities in rural areas throughout the country. Also allows employers from rural and underserved communities to post healthcare job opportunities. Includes state information and a list of state contacts.
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Academy of General Dentistry (AGD)
Strives to represent the interests of general dentists and improve the quality of comprehensive dental services, health promotion and wellness.
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Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD)
Advises and makes recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services concerning medicine and dentistry. Members are health professionals representing the primary care professions/disciplines of family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, preventive medicine, physician assistants, general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, public health dentistry, and dental hygiene.
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America's Dentists Care Foundation Missions of Mercy (ADCF MOM)
A gathering of volunteer dental professionals who, along with a volunteer staff of several hundred, hold free, two-day dental clinics at locations around the country.
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American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD)
Represents the specialty of pediatric dentistry. Advocates policies, guidelines and programs that promote optimal oral health and oral health care for children.
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American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD)
Promotes efforts in disease prevention, health promotion and service delivery. Educates the public, health professionals, and decision-makers regarding the importance of oral health to total well-being.
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American Dental Association (ADA)
Professional association of dentists committed to the public's oral health, ethics, science and professional advancement. Site offers a state directory of dental organizations.
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American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA)
Represents the interests of dental hygienists. Includes publications on oral health.
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Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU)
A transdisciplinary organization of clinicians, advocates, and healthcare organizations that provide healthcare for the underserved. Provides professional education, clinical tools, advocacy, patient education, training, and technical assistance.
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Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)
Represents the directors and staff of state and territorial public health agency programs for oral health. Provides a directory of state oral health programs with contact information and a description of their programs.
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CareQuest Institute for Oral Health
Works to connect key stakeholders, raise awareness, and support solutions to oral health in America. Combines grantmaking, health improvement programs, research, education, and policy to support oral health care delivery.
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Operates the Medicare and Medicaid programs - two national healthcare programs that benefit millions of Americans. Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Website includes access to research, statistics, and data related to these programs.
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Children's Dental Health Project (CDHP)
Promotes public and clinical policies to improve health and increase access to comprehensive dental care for children and other vulnerable populations. Site offers publications, news, resources, and projects.
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Dental Lifeline Network
Provides qualified disabled and elderly people in numerous states with free, comprehensive, donated treatment by volunteer dentists.
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Dental Trade Alliance Foundation (DTA Foundation)
A foundation that directs its programs and grantmaking to increase access to oral healthcare and to increase awareness of the impact that oral health has on overall health.
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Harvard School of Dental Medicine Initiative to Integrate Oral Health and Medicine
Presents resources and information on oral health integration into primary care. Discusses education, clinical practice, outcomes, and policy to support care integration.
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National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Provides education, advocacy, resources, research, and technical assistance to member local health departments. Offers members a Rural Health Section group to support rural public health professionals.
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National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC)
Responds to the needs of states and communities in addressing current and emerging public oral health issues. Supports health professionals, program administrators, educators, policymakers, and others with the goal of improving oral health services for infants, children, adolescents, and their families.
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National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA)
Consists of oral health providers that represent the diversity of safety-net oral health settings, such as isolated, rural, and one dentist clinics.
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Oral Health Workforce Research Center (OHWRC)
Based at the New York Center for Health Workforce Studies, this research center is one of 9 health workforce research centers in the United States, focused solely on oral health. Conducts research projects and publishes oral health workforce reports.
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Special Care Dentistry Association (SCDA)
Promotes the oral health of special needs patients. Members include dentists, dental hygienists and assistants, non-dental healthcare providers, health program administrators, residents, students and hospitals.
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