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2017 Report on Oral Health

Differences in ethnicity, English language proficiency & income

1. More tooth decay

2. Less access

3. Longer waits between visits

PROBLEM

Across CA, Children miss 874,000 school days each year because of dental problems.

Los Angeles Unified School District

  • 1 in 3 school absences are dental related
  • Dental-related absences equal $78 million funding loss for LAUSD

OUR

STRATEGY

Federal Healthcare Programs

Protecting ACA/CHIP/Medicaid

Federal Healthcare Programs

Federal Healthcare Programs

  • Affordable Care Act (ACA) Repeal
  • Medicaid – Block Grants/Per Capita Cap
  • Medicaid – Changing the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Benefit (ESPDT)
  • Federal and state meetings with legislators
  • Town halls
  • Advocacy tools
  • Social media campaigns
  • Community education and media outreach
  • Nationally: 37 million children in Medicaid 8.9 million children in CHIP
  • In California, more than 50% of all children in CA rely on Medi-Cal (Medicaid + CHIP programs)

Federal Healthcare Programs

Community-Based Innovations

State Policy & System Change

Families & Communities

Shaping California’s Oral Health Policy

DENTAL

TRANSFORMATION

INITIATIVE

State Policy & System Change

STATE ORAL

HEALTH PLAN

NEED:

More effective means for collection of children’s oral health data

School district-by-school district implementation of KOHA will provide current data on oral health disparities impacting young children, which will inform State Oral Health Plan

SB 379 Will:

1. Facilitate Kindergarten Oral Health Assessment (KOHA)

2. Provide oral health literature

3. Report on untreated tooth decay

4. Facilitate collection of oral health data statewide (first time since 2004)

Shaping California’s Oral Health Policy

DENTAL

TRANSFORMATION

INITIATIVE

STATE ORAL

HEALTH PLAN

TCP will foster coordination

Federal Healthcare Programs

Families & Communities

Community-Based Innovations

State Policy & System Change

Community-Based Innovations

Virtual Dental Homes

Early Childhood Oral Health Assessment (ECOHA)

Local Health Workers

Virtual Dental Homes

Early Childhood Oral Health Assessment (ECOHA)

Local Health Workers

Virtual Dental Homes

Early Childhood Oral Health Assessment (ECOHA)

Local Health Workers

Federal Healthcare Programs

Families & Communities

State Policy & System Change

Community-Based Innovations

Families & Communities

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