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Meeting Agenda

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Day One: June 12, 2007
8:00-8:30 am Registration
8:30-8:45 am Welcome and Introductions
Joyce Hughes, Coordinator Oral Health Florida (SOHIP)
8:45-9:15 am Elder Affairs Health Initiatives Prevention and Care for Elders
E. Douglas Beach, Ph.D., Secretary Florida Department of Elder Affairs
9:15-10:15 am America's Aging Population and Challenges to Serving the Elderly at Home and in Long Term Care.
Mary Kaplan, MSW, USF Aging Studies
10:15-10:30 am Break
10:30-11:15 am The importance of good oral health care for 50's +
Donna Jacobi, FSU College of Medicine, MD, CMD Geriatric Medicine
11:15-12:00 am Keeping Teeth for a Lifetime: Geriatric Dentistry for the Elderly Population, Institutionalized and Community-Based Underserved.
Terry Dolan, DDS, Dean of UF College of Dentistry
12:00-1:00 pm Lunch On Your Own
1:00-1:30 pm Community Water Fluoridation
Michael Easley, DOH Public Health Dental Program
1:30-2:00 pm Reaching the Elderly Where They Are: Senior Resource Alliance
William Moon, Dental Director, Osceola Co. Health Dept.
2:00-2:30 pm Removing community and societal barriers to Seniors Receiving Care
Jan Siegel, RDH Aging Studies Student
2:30-3:00 pm Project Dentist Care Volunteer and donated dental care Models and strategies
Bruce Gordy, DDS. Project: Dentists Care Board Member for the Central District Dental Association
3:00-3:15 pm Break
3:15-4:15 pm Apple Tree Community dental Model
Michael Helgeson, DDS, Apple Tree Dental
4:15-5:15 pm Panel Discussion/Workgroup Formation
Harry Davis, DDS, MPH Public Health Dental Program -Facilitator
End of Day One
 
Day Two: June 13, 2007
8:30-9:00 am Oral Health From the Perspective of a Nursing Home Administrator
Scott Allen, FHCA
9:00-9:15 am Utilizing Dental Hygienists to Improve Oral Health for Institutionalized Elderly
Cookie Martin,RDH FDHA
9:15-9:45 am ADA Report
Alan Friedel, DDS, FDA Immed. Past Pres.
9:45-10:00 am Break
10:00-10:15 am FDA Commitment
Nolan Allen, DDS, FDA Pres-Elect
10:15-10:45 am Intro By FHCA/TRECS Institute Report
Deb Afasano and John Whitman, Executive Director, Trecs Institute
10:45-11:15 am Apple Tree Dental
Michael Helgeson, DDS, Apple Tree Dental
11:15-11:45 am Panel Discussion and Workgroup Formation
Harry Davis, DDS, MPH Public Health Dental Program -Facilitator
End of Day Two

This is an Implementation project of the State Oral Health Improvement Plan for Disadvantaged Floridians - made possible by the Florida Department of Health - Public Health Dental Program - SOHIP Partners and Volunteers - and the State Oral Health Collaborative Systems Grant Program of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration


 

Facilitated by a Federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) State Oral Health Collaborative Systems (SOHCS) grant (H47MCO1953-02-01) for 2003-2007 and HRSA Targeted Oral Health Collaborative Services Systems (TOHSS) grant (H47MC08651-01-00) for 2007-2011.

   
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