Becoming a member of the Safety Net Dental Learning Center is simple and quick. Simply provide us with your name and e-mail address, and you will instantly be added to the growing community of Safety Net Dental Learning Center members.
Safety Net Solutions, a program of the DentaQuest Institue, partners with safety net dental programs to provide expert technical assistance in practice management and dental informatics. Please contact us for more info.
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The Missouri Foundation for Health has partnered with Safety Net Solutions to work with 15 safety net dental programs in Missouri. SNS will be providing technical assistance to each dental program to assist them in increasing access to care, and improving financial stability and oral health outcomes.
The UCLA School of Dentistry has engaged the DentaQuest Institute's Safety Net Solutions program to join it in the First 5 LA 21st Century Community Dental Homes Project to improve the oral health of children at high-risk for early dental disease in underserved population groups.
The ECC Collaborative uses an evidence-based disease management approach to manage and reduce caries progress in children younger than 60 months of age who present with early childhood caries.
The Elimination of Dental Disease (EDD) Collaborative is building of the success of a learning session held in Boston, MA in February. Five community health centers (CHC) from five states met to learn and share knowledge on oral disease management and prevention. Clinical protocols for self-management goal setting and risk assessment tools were the focus of much of the discussion, but quality improvement methodology and data measurement were also considered.
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Cavities and gum disease – no one wants them, yet they’ve become a routine occurrence for many of us. That doesn’t have to be the case. Our approach to dentistry is to help you keep your teeth for life. We help you understand what causes dental disease and what you can do to avoid it. In addition to helping our patients take the best care of their teeth and gums, we are also involved in nationally – funded research projects that are identifying new techniques and methods for treating dental disease.
In June of 2012, the DentaQuest Institute embarked on an initiative to develop a national strategy for quality in oral health care with the formation of the National Oral Health Quality Improvement Committee. The Committee is comprised of national leaders from dentistry, medicine, academia, business, government, and philanthropy who are tasked with developing a roadmap for an oral health care system that improves the oral health of all using the tools of quality and accountability. The Committee was formed out of the ideas presented in the report compiled by Dr.
With its focus on risk-based care, the DentaQuest Oral Health Center is demonstrating that it is possible to bring patients to a disease-free state within a 12-month period of time through a combination of treatment, preventive education and ongoing primary oral health care. Key to this is a patient treatment plan that combines restorative treatment with preventive measures (like sealants and fluoride treatments) and ongoing patient education that emphasizes the individual’s disease-associated risk factors as well as patient self-management.
By focusing attention on the business infrastructure that supports oral health care delivery, Safety Net Solutions technical assistance enables safety net dental programs to find the right balance between meeting their mission of increasing access to quality oral health services and achieving financial viability.
A Proven Model for Systems Improvement
The Safety Net Solutions Improvement Model creates a balance between access to care and a dental program’s health as a business.
Safety Net Solutions uses this direct, systematic model in collaboration with executive, dental and administrative leadership to build an individualized strategic improvement plan to address each practice’s needs.
The Safety Net Solutions Improvement Model employs these steps:
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In June of 2012, the DentaQuest Institute embarked on an initiative to develop a national strategy for quality in oral health care with the formation of the National Oral Health Quality Improvement Committee. The Committee is comprised of national leaders from dentistry, medicine, academia, business, government, and philanthropy who are tasked with developing a roadmap for an oral health care system that improves the oral health of all using the tools of quality and accountability. The Committee was formed out of the ideas presented in the report compiled by Dr.
The DentaQuest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement, formerly the DentaQuest Institute and the DentaQuest Foundation, is passionate about and committed to revolutionizing oral health through implementation of meaningful change strategies that create an effective and equitable system that results in the improved oral health and well-being of all. To accomplish this, we engage in strategic grantmaking, focusing on ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of oral health care and finance; contribute to evidence-based care; and develop person-centered care programs.
DentaQuest Institute’s Dr. Mark Doherty, Executive Director of Safety Net Solutions sees the young immigrant that he mentored, Thanh-Trang Nguyen grow into the position he once held. To read the full article, click here.
