Educate, Motivate, Activate: Access to Oral Health Care for Aging Iowans
The Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation’s mission is to improve the oral health of Iowans. In 2012, the Foundation announced two strategic visionary oral health goals to accomplish by 2020. One of the goals is that every Iowa nursing home resident and homebound elderly person will have access to oral health care.
On November 30, 2012, the Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation held the first series of “actionable knowledge” sessions on oral health to convene interested stakeholders. To view the presentations, please click on the links below.
Oral Health Status of Iowa’s Aging Population
Maren Lenhart, MPH Candidate, Oral Health and Aging Consultant, Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation
Community Collaborative Practice: Delivering Oral Health Service to Seniors
Michael Helgeson, DDS, Chief Executive Officer, Apple Tree Dental
Improving Oral Health of Aging Populations through Telehealth
Maysa Namakian, MPH, Program Manager, Pacific Center for Special Care, San Francisco, California
Prevention: A Pilot Program to Provide Access to Daily Oral Health Care for Nursing Home Residents
Pam Stein, DMD, MPH, Associate Professor, Division of Public Health Dentistry, University of Kentucky College of Dentistry
Mobile Dental Best Practices – Iowa
Howard J. Cowen, DDS, MS, Clinical Professor, Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, The University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Science
Dan March, MDiv, MBA, Executive Director, Heritage House
