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Improve Oral Health in Florida

Statewide Oral Health Initiatives
and SOHIP Workgroup Opportunities

The following workgroups have been established to develop statewide solutions for specific populations experiencing oral health disparities and to improve oral health disease prevention, education and patient care delivery systems.

Priorities for 2007

• Early Childhood Caries Prevention
• Elderly Oral Health
• Community Water Fluoridation Workgroup
• Coalition Sustainability Workgroup
• Special Needs Oral Health Workgroup

2008 and Beyond

• HIV/AIDS Patient Oral Health
• Incentives for Medicaid Dental Providers
• Integration of Oral Health/Dental Into Med School Curricula
• Migrant and Refugee Oral Health
• Minorities  -Oral Health Disparities
• Periodicity Schedules for Dental Care
• Teledentistry
• Women's Oral Health

Local Community Oral Health Coalitions, Initiatives and Opportunities