Oral Health
Title: SMILES Evaluation Program
PI: Katina Widmer-Racich, MA
Summary: The
overarching goal of the SMILES Dental Project is to have
telehealth-connected dental teams working in communities, keeping people
healthy by providing education, preventive care, interim therapeutic
restorations, triage, and case management. SMILES Dental Project will
connect patients with dentists through the dental-hub clinic when more
complex dental treatment is needed. The goals of implementing the SMILES
Dental Project are to ensure that
underserved and high-risk Colorado children, pregnant women, people with
disabilities and vulnerable seniors have access to preventive services
and a dental home, reach
Coloradans that are either unable to, or do not, access the current
system of dental care within the traditional dental office , expand the oral health infrastructure to provide services and education in the most appropriate community setting, strengthen Colorado’s oral health workforce by expanding the scope of care a dental hygienist is licensed to perform.
Funder: CFC
Award Number: 20163732
Project Period: 11/01/2015-04/30/2019
Title: Evaluation of Dental Hygenist Co-location 2.0 Program
Title: Evaluation of Dental Hygenist Co-location 2.0 Program
Summary: The
ACCORDS research team recruits, assists, trains, and supports medical
staff using a co-location model for dental hygenists. The program is
supported by the Cavity Free by Three oral health and prevention model.
Funder: DDCOF
Project Period: 10/01/2014-03/31/2019