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ABCD/E
NEWSLETTER
ABCD“E”
Program Creates Partnership Between
Dental and Medical Providers in Spokane County
Overview:
Building on the success of the Access to Baby and Child Dentistry
(ABCD) Program, the Access to Baby and Child Dentistry “Expanded”
(ABCDE) Program was implemented in January 2002. Pediatricians
and Primary Care Physicians are being trained to provide an oral
assessment, basic oral health education and application of a fluoride
varnish to qualifying children. The Oral Health Program from Spokane
Regional Health District will assist in finding a dental provider
for children in need of dental services. The message that oral
health is essential to general health and well-being is now being
introduced to families as their children seek immunizations and
well child visits, early in life.
Facts & Statistics:
- Spokane County’s ABCDE Program serves as a pilot program,
the first of its kind in Washington State. The program is funded
by the Group Health Community Foundation and Washington Dental
Service Foundation.
- Thirty-four
medical offices and over 295 staff, have received the ABCDE training,
including 99 Pediatricians or Primary Care Physicians.
- Eligible children up to the age of 20 may receive three fluoride
varnish applications per year in the medical office, as well as
three in the dental office.
- The fluoride varnish application takes less than one minute to
apply and the Medicaid reimbursement rate is $13.39 per application.
- Dr. Dale Ruemping, a Pediatric Dentist from the Spokane Valley,
has been volunteering his services to promote the ABCDE Program
and deliver the message that oral health is integral to total
health. Other valuable vounteers are Dr. Charlie Toiliion and
Dr. Andrew Garabedian, both Pediatric dentists in Spokane.
- Early detection and prevention is key to the elimination of tooth
decay, the most prominent chronic illness facing children today.
Nationally, more than 51 million school hours are lost each year
due to oral health related illnesses. Low-income children disproportionately
experience oral disease, with 20 percent of children experiencing
80 percent of the disease.
Questions?
For information about the
Access to Baby and Child Dentistry Expanded Program,
please call the Spokane Regional Health District
at 509-324-1478.
Oral
Health is Integrated Into Kids' Health Care Services
Billing
Information: Sealants
CHILD CHANGING DENTAL PROVIDER:
Spokane's
Medical and Dental Providers Partner for Expanded Services
Children’s Oral Health Overdue for Concerted
Effort
From March 5, 2001 edition of the Spokesman-Review
By Drs. John Moyer and Chris Olson
New DSHS Code as of Jan. 1, 2001
ABCD Pre-stamped Postcards
Omnii
Products Introduces CavityShield Unit-Dosed Fluoride Varnish
More Rigorous Studies Needed to Advance Emerging
Dental Caries (tooth decay) Diagnostic and Management Strategies,
says National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Panel
Center
for Policy Alternatives (CPA). State of the States: Overview of
1999 State Legislation on Access to Oral Health. Washington D.C.;
1999.
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