COMMUNITY DENTAL CARE
1670 BEAM AVENUE NO 204, MAPLEWOOD, MN 551091159 www.cdentc.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY SENSITIVE COMMUNITY ORAL HEALTH CARE, PREVENTIVE EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, AND TO ADVOCATE FOR ACCESS FOR ALL. OUR VISION IS THAT ALL PEOPLE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY, AFFORDABLE DENTAL CARE TO IMPROVE THEIR OVERALL HEALTH IN A CONVENIENT, CARING, AND RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT.

TO ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO QUALITY DENTAL CARE AND PREVENTATIVE EDUCATION.

COMMUNITY DENTAL CARE CONTINUED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PICOH (PROGRAM FOR IMPROVING COMMUNITY ORAL HEALTH) PROGRAM. CHILDREN 0 - 12 YEARS OF AGE AND PREGNANT WOMEN ARE GIVEN EXTENDED ORAL HYGIENE AND NUTRITION INSTRUCTION, PROVIDED WITH ORAL HYGIENE KITS AND FOLLOW UP CALLS TO THE HOME, AND TREATED FOR PREVENTIVE AND RESTORATIVE ORAL HEALTH NEEDS. OF THE 4,163 ENROLLED CHILDREN, 95% WERE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, 1% HAD NO INSURANCE, 26% WERE HMONG, 19% WERE KAREN, AND 40% WERE OTHER MINORITIES (TOTAL = 85% MINORITY). PROGRAM EVALUATION INDICATES A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR INCREASED DENTAL ACCESS TO THIS GROUP: MOST CHILDREN RECEIVED FOLLOW-UP RESTORATIVE CARE DURING 2020 THERE WERE 196 PREGNANT WOMEN ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM IN 2020 91% OF PREGNANT MOTHERS WERE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE,6% WERE UNINSURED, 26% WERE HMONG, 13% WERE KAREN AND 47% WERE OTHER MINORITIES. ONE OF THE GOALS OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO TEACH IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY WOMEN THE IMPORTANCE OF ORAL HYGIENE AND REDUCE PERIODONTAL DISEASE, WHICH HAS BEEN LINKED TO EARLY LABOR AND LOW BIRTH-WEIGHT BABIES. IN 2008, AN ADDITIONAL OUTREACH FEATURE WAS ADDED TO THE PROGRAM WITH PRESENTATIONS GIVEN AT WIC CENTERS, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTERS, AND LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL TRAINING CLASSES FOR IMMIGRANTS. IN 2020, A TOTAL OF 130 CHILDREN, PARENTS, AND PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDED ONE OF THESE OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS. THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS, WE PROVIDED ORAL HYGIENE SUPPLIES AND EDUCATION TO AN ADDITIONAL 1,137 CHILDREN AND ADULTS AT FOOD SHELVES, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS.IN JULY 2011, COMMUNITY DENTAL CARE INITIATED A SCHOOL BASED SEALANT PROGRAM, OFFERING ON-SITE ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION, ORAL HYGIENE INSTRUCTION, SEALANTS, CLEANINGS, AND FLUORIDE VARNISH TO CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS WITH > 50% ENROLLMENT IN FREE AND REDUCED SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMS. IN 2020, WE POSTPONED OUR PROGRAM DUE TO COVID-19. THEREFORE, THE SERVICES PROVIDED IN 2020 ARE FROM JANUARY MARCH. ORAL HYGIENE INSTRUCTION WAS PROVIDED TO 196 CHILDREN AT 4 SCHOOLS, AND PREVENTIVE DENTAL SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO 162 CHILDREN AT 4 SCHOOLS DURING THE 2020 PROGRAM. ONLY CHILDREN WHO RETURNED A POSITIVE CONSENT FORM WERE SEEN FOR PREVENTIVE SERVICES.PROGRAM STAFF PROVIDED WRITTEN REPORTS AND REFERRALS FOR 88 CHILDREN WHO HAD SUSPECTED CARIES OR OTHER DENTAL ISSUES AND MADE FOLLOW-UP PHONE CALLS IN THE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE TO PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DENTAL NEEDS.COMMUNITY DENTAL CARE IS PROVIDING INCREASED ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN AGES 0-12 YEARS OLD AND PREGNANT MOTHERS THROUGH A PILOT MEDICAL/DENTAL INTEGRATION PROJECT. IN 2020, THROUGH 123 PATIENT ENCOUNTERS, PATIENTS RECEIVED DENTAL SERVICES FROM A COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE HYGIENIST AT A NEIGHBORHOOD MEDICAL CLINIC IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEIR WELL-CHILD VISITS WITH A PHYSICIAN.57% OF THESE CHILDREN WERE KAREN AND 23% WERE HMONG. MOST OF THESE CHILDREN HAD NEVER RECEIVED DENTAL SERVICES PRIOR TO THIS VISIT. COMMUNITY DENTAL CARE PROVIDED FOLLOW-UP CARE IN OUR CLINICS TO THOSE CHILDREN WHO WERE REFERRED FOR URGENT OR EMERGENT DENTAL NEEDS.

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