Bureau Of Oral Health Newsletter - Issue 3

Kathy Weno, Director of the Bureau of Oral Health Caron Shipley, School Screening Coordinator Mary Ann Percy, Professional Outreach Coordinator Ashley Streeter, Administrative Assistant Visit our website: http://www.kdheks.gov/ohi/index.html

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FAMILY PHYSICIAN FALL CONFERENCE FEATURES FLUORIDE VARNISH A child will see their family physician an average of eight times before seeing a dentist for the first time. These eight visits are an excellent opportunity for a quick dental intervention. During regularly scheduled well-child care visits, family physicians can conduct an oral assessment, apply fluoride varnish, and give parents information on taking care of their child’s teeth. The goal is to educate, prevent, and identify dental problems starting as soon as the teeth erupt. This identification will allow for referral to a dentist and the establishment of a dental home. Without intervention in the medical office a dentist may not be consulted until a serious infection is already present. This September the Bureau of Oral Health and the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians will collaborate to provide a fluoride varnish workshop. MaryAnn Percy, Outreach Coordinator, will present information on the effectiveness and safety of using fluoride varnish in a medical office. A fun addition to the workshop will be the “hands on” approach that participants will have for learning to apply the fluoride varnish. Toward the end of the meeting, local children of all ages will join the group. Each participant will have the opportunity to place the fluoride varnish on a child. This approach will demonstrate the ease and speed with which fluoride varnish can be applied to any age child.

The application of fluoride varnish is a billable encounter for children with Medicaid benefits. Ruth Williams, Dental Program Education Coordinator for the Kansas Medical Assistance Program, will address the billing aspects of fluoride varnish in a medical office. Ruth will discuss appropriate billing codes and protocol for billing in various office settings. In addition to the varnish and Medicaid information there will be discussion on normal tooth eruption, conducting an oral screening, decay risk assessments, and education on tooth care for parents. Each participant will receive a folder filled with information related to all of the material presented at the workshop as well as additional fluoride varnish samples. The Bureau of Oral Health will also provide fluoride varnish education brochures for dispensing to parents and fluoride varnish posters to display in medical offices. The KAFP Fall CME Conference will be Friday, September 18 and Saturday, September 19 at the Safari Expedition Extraordinaire (SEE) in Salina. The fluoride varnish workshop will be held on Saturday, from 8:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Registration will be limited to 30 participants due to the character of the workshop. Registration and additional information is available at http://kafponline.org

66TH ANNUAL KANSAS PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE OFFERS ORAL HEALTH SESSIONS Please join us for the 66th Annual Kansas Public Health Association Fall Conference to be held at the Hyatt Regency, Wichita, September 22 — 24, 2009. Conference sessions will focus on our theme of “Building on the Public Health Foundation for a Healthier Kansas”. This year the conference sessions are organized along three professional tracks, Adult Issues, Elder Issues, and Children Issues. You may follow a particular track or you may move between them. This year’s conference offers many great sessions with three featuring valuable information on oral health issues. To see the entire conference in its entirety please visit the KPHA website at: http://www.kpha.us/ or Kansas TRAIN to register: http:// ks.train.org Course #1018245

Dental CEU’s Pending The three oral health sessions include the following: I. Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Opening Keynote 9:05 a.m.— 10:45 a.m. A Lifetime of Healthy Smiles —A Building Block for Healthy Aging Gregory J. Folse, DDS, Outreach Dentistry, Lafayette, Louisiana Gregory J. Folse, DDS, has a mobile geriatric dental practice in Lafayette, Louisiana and is a nationally recognized speaker and oral health advocate for underserved patients. Dr. Folse is a graduate of LSU Dental Schools and a Geriatric Dental Fellowship Program at Baylor. He is currently working with the United States Senate’s Special Aging Committee, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the American Dental Association (ADA), and the Association of Special Care Dentistry (SCD) to improve oral health care access and infrastructure for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled . In 2003, Dr. Folse co-testified with the US Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, in a US Senate Forum on the oral health of our nation’s seniors and continuously serves as an advocate for our nation’s most vulnerable populations. Dr. Folse’s presentation will focus on the importance of good oral health throughout life.

II. Elder Smiles as a Dental Hygiene Program Model Pam Starks, RN, Adult Care Facility Specialist; Johnson County Health Department Wednesday, September 23, 2009 11:15 a.m.- 12:15 p.m. Johnson County’s Health Department has developed an innovative mobile oral health program to serve elders in long term care facilities. The history of the Elder Smiles program, including project start-up and funding, will be briefly discussed. Policy and procedures, infection control, scheduling, billing, software, and mistakes made along the way will be shared. The presenters will discuss tools they have developed for program management, follow up and evaluation of the program. The session will end with ideas on where they will go from here and how advisory support has helped the program develop and grow.

III. Oral Health Section Meeting and Breakout Caron Shipley, KDHE Bureau of Oral Health and KPHA Oral Health Section Chair Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:50 a.m.- 10:50 a.m. Speakers: Tanya Dorf Brunner, Executive Director, Oral Health Kansas Current Oral Health Initiatives in Kansas Plans for the state oral health coalition and what’s new with oral health in Kansas.

Blanche Parks, Kansas Department on Aging, Topeka, Kansas Home and Community Based Services/Frail Elderly (HCBS/FE) waiver Kansans on the HCBS/FE Medicaid waiver can receive much needed dental care in Kansas. The utilization of these benefits will be discussed.

VISUALIZING ORAL HEALTH IN KANSAS: AN INNOVATIVE WAY TO SHARE INFOMATION The Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation has announced an innovative video series designed to highlight what Kansas dental professionals are doing around the state to serve the dental needs of Kansans. “While highlighting dentistry, there is of course, the opportunity to reach more broadly into oral health and to talk about things that are going on outside the dental office,” said Greg Hill, Executive Director of the Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation. “This obviously includes the Kansas Mission of Mercy, targeted programs to treat the elderly and other community partnerships that harness the charitable spirit of dental professionals in Kansas.”

Gregory J. Folse, DDS, Outreach Dentistry, Lafayette, Louisiana Presenting at the KHPA Fall Conference

While still in the planning stages, much of the work that has been publically released can be found by visiting the Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation website at www.ksdentalfoundation.org and clicking on the link “Visualizing Oral Health in Kansas.” “The idea behind this project is to create and produce the video series and then allow interested agencies and service organizations post the video directly into their websites,” Hill said. The first release is scheduled for late July and will cover a series of oral health focus groups conducted by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s Bureau of Oral Health. Submitted by Greg Hill, KDCF

HELP WANTED! PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATOR If you are a registered dental hygienist looking for part time work doing oral health education, the Bureau of Oral Health has a job for you! We are currently hiring a 20 hour a week dental hygienist to educate medical providers about the importance of screening children for dental disease and applying fluoride varnish. We are looking for a person to work in the Wichita and Western Kansas region. If you are interested, please apply through the state of Kansas online application system, http://www.da.ks.gov/ps/aaa/recruitment/. The job is listed as a Public Health Educator located in Sedgwick County, requisition number 163543. In order to be considered, you must apply online before July 31st. For more information call 785-296-5116.

Bureau of oral health — kdhe Curtis State Office Building 1000 SW Jackson Suite 300 Topeka, Kansas 66612 Tel: 785-296-5116 Fax: 785-291-3959 www.kdheks.gov/ohi

Save the date July 21—23 School Nurse Conference Hyatt Regency Hotel Wichita, KS September 22—24 KPHA Fall Conference Hyatt Regency Hotel Wichita, KS

  September 23—25 Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved Annual Primary Care Conference Double Tree Hotel Overland Park, KS 

  September 25—26 Kansas Dental Hygienists’ Association Annual Conference   Lawrence, KS Location TBA 

  November 2—4 National Primary Oral Health Conference   Nashville, Tennessee   http://www.nnoha.org/ conference 

MEET ORAL HEALTH KANSAS’ NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Bureau of Oral Health is happy to welcome Tanya Dorf Brunner in her new role as the Executive Director of Oral Health Kansas, the statewide oral health coalition. Oral Health Kansas is a state leader in oral health advocacy, public awareness, and education. Tanya comes to the coalition from Independence, Inc., the oldest resource center for independent living in the state of Kansas where she served as Executive Director in the Lawrence office. Tanya also worked at the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services in various positions, including Chief of Staff, Director of Legislative Affairs and the Director of Training and Communications at InterHab. Tanya was a candidate for the Kansas House of Representatives in 2006. She is a member of the American Council of Young

Political Leaders and took part in an exchange trip to the People’s Republic in China in 2005. She holds a Bachelors of Arts degree from Bethany College and a Masters in Management from Baker University. She is an active volunteer at the Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy, serves as a Cub Scout leader, and sits on the Alumni Council of Bethany College. More than anything, Tanya enjoys spending time with her husband Scott and her stepsons Ryan, Evan and Leyton. The Bureau of Oral Health and Oral Health Kansas collaborate on many projects, including a parent education program for the parents and caregivers of children and youth with special health care needs. We are thrilled to have Tanya on board, and look forward to working with her to improve oral health in Kansas.

DID YOU KNOW OVER 55,000 KANSAS CHILDREN RECEIVED DENTAL SCREENINGS IN KANSAS LAST YEAR? Bureau of oral health — kdhe Curtis State Office Building 1000 SW Jackson Suite 300 Topeka, Kansas 66612 Tel: 785-296-5116 Fax: 785-291-3959 www.kdheks.gov/ohi

If you are a licensed dentist or dental hygienist and would like to participate in school screenings please contact: Caron Shipley, School Screening Coordinator Bureau of Oral Health Kansas Department of Health and Environment [email protected] 785-291-3683 www.kdheks.gov/ohi