Oral Health

Oral Health Information & Resources* for Oral Health Professionals

Additional Resources

Rhode Island Dental Association (RIDA)

Rhode Island Dental Hygienists' Association (RIDHA)

American Dental Association (ADA)

Association of State & Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)
The ASTDD provides leadership to advocate for a governmental oral health presence in each state and territory, to formulate and promote sound oral health policy, to increase awareness of oral health issues, and to assist in the development of initiatives for the prevention and control of oral diseases.

Healthy People 2010
Healthy People 2010 challenges individuals, communities, and professionals to take specific steps to ensure that good health, as well as long life, are enjoyed by all.

Kaiser Family Foundation Health Newsroom
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation. The Foundation is an independent voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public.

National Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC)
The purpose of OHRC is to respond to the needs of states and communities in addressing current and emerging public oral health issues.

World Health News
World Health News is an online news digest from the Center for Health Communication at the Harvard School of Public Health. The site covers critical public health issues from around the world and is designed to be a resource for an international audience of policy makers and journalists as well as public health researchers, practitioners, and advocates.

* Links to agencies, institutions and organizations other than the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) are provided solely as a service to users and do not constitute an endorsement by HEALTH.