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WDA Dental Home
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Overview
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 2 to 5-year-olds are the only age group in this country where the incidence of decay - early childhood caries and its serious health consequences in particular - is on the rise. Solid data shows children seen by age 1 have significantly less dental disease throughout childhood than their peers who are first seen later in life. With this rising incidence of tooth decay among very young children and a limited number of pediatric dentists, the WDA Dental Home initiative is helping general dentists and their dental teams become more comfortable and competent in examining and treating very young children. The WDA Dental Home goal is to examine all children earlier and educate their parents and caregivers.
The WDA defines a dental home as:
When a dental team reviews the WDA Dental Home continuing education kit and then puts that knowledge to work turning the general practice into a dental home for patients, exciting things happen:
Financial support of WDA Dental Home materials provided by:
The kit includes an instructional DVD and written materials that detail causes and effects of early childhood caries, how to perform a quick oral exam on 1-year-olds using the knee-to-knee method, preventive counseling measures for parents, treatment options and incorporating the dental home concept into the business of a general dental practice. Each kit comes in a familiar dental record format and includes:
Thanks to financial grants from AAPD and P&G Oral Health, we are able to offer dental societies the rights to the WDA Dental Home CE program for a very reasonable price. There are two pricing options:
Watch a two-minute highlight clip of the WDA Dental Home DVD.
ADA News highlights WDA Dental Home
The Aug. 17, 2009 issue of ADA News included an article highlighting the WDA initiative to develop a dental home CE kit with support from the AAPD and partial underwriting from P&G Oral Health. ADA News author Stacie Crozier interviewed WDA Dental Home Subcommittee Chair Dr. Steve Stoll, Director of Oral Care Professional and Scientific Relations for P & G Dr. J. Leslie Winston and AAPD CEO Dr. John S. Rutkauskas for her story.
“Some children may cry during the knee-to-knee exam, but this gives dentists easy access to the oral cavity. When the little ones leave unharmed and realize the visit wasn’t so bad, subsequent visits go even smoother as the child allows us to see and do more. Visits and exams at 1-year help us gain the trust of our youngest patients and their parents and help prevent future traumatic visits. The tools provided in the WDA Dental Home CE packet enable us to examine and assess our youngest patients and educate their parents and caregivers on tooth brushing techniques and important aspects of nutrition. In some cases, we may be able to intercept the effects of ill-advised dietary habits and prevent major dental problems down the road.” -Dr. Sue Cable, general dentist in Kenosha, Wis.
"At first, I had some staff resistance to accepting 1-year-old patients…However, after our initial great experiences with little ones, the staff and I are very excited about treating young children even as young as 1 year. One of our 16-month-old patients came in for a first appointment. We did a knee-to-knee exam, determined the caries risk to be high, demonstrated proper brushing techniques and the importance of lifting the lip and looking for white line lesions for the mother and applied a fluoride varnish. Although he was put on a three-month recall for fluoride varnish therapy, he did not return for seven months…when he did return, it was because his mother was concerned about a ‘spot’ on his front tooth. She knew what to look for because of the anticipatory guidance she received…Because of the education I have received, I not only knew what the appropriate treatment was, but felt comfortable doing it!”-Dr. Monica Hebl, general dentist in Milwaukee
"I have to admit, the first time I heard the notion of examining a 1-year-old, I thought to myself, 'Are you crazy? A 1-year-old won’t sit in my chair, a 1-year-old only has eight anterior teeth and a 1-year-old doesn’t have treatment needs. Why would I want to see a 1-year-old?'...I hadn’t seen the connection between the 3-year-old with rampant decay and the 1-year-old whose disease could still be intercepted...So, to those who think that infant oral health is crazy, like I used to, it’s not.” -Dr. Cliff Hartmann, pediatric dentist in West Allis, Wis.
Online CE test (for Wisconsin dental professionals only) An optional two-credit, CERP-approved CE exam can be taken for a cost of just $10 for WDA dentists and associate members and $25 for nonmembers. A hard-copy of the test is included in each kit for those preferring that format; hard-copy submission costs are $15 for dentists and associate members and $30 for nonmembers.
Copies of the dental home kit are available at a cost of $20 to WDA dentist and associate members and $40 to nonmembers in Wisconsin. Dental professionals outside of Wisconsin are encouraged to contact their state dental association executive directors and work together to bring the dental home initiative to more states. State dental associations inquiring about licensing WDA Dental Home materials, please contact:
To order dental home materials or for other questions, contact:
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