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Kentucky’s Oral Health Program: what’s in it for West Virginia? . West Virginia School-Community Oral Health Conference November 11, 2011. Oral Health Public Health Programs in Kentucky. Julie Watts McKee, DMD State Dental Director. History of Kentucky’s Oral Health Program.
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Kentucky’s Oral Health Program:what’s in it for West Virginia? West Virginia School-Community Oral Health Conference November 11, 2011
Oral Health Public HealthPrograms inKentucky Julie Watts McKee, DMD State Dental Director
Kentucky’s Oral Health Status The Need
Kentucky’s Oral Health Program Projects Related to Healthy Smiles Kentucky
Kentucky Oral Health Program Kids Smile Curriculum
Who gets this training? • Pediatricians • Family Practice Physicians • Public Health Nurses • Local Health Departments • Commission for Children with Special Healthcare Needs
Sustainability? • Medicaid Reimbursement • For most • Not all • 98% vs. 2% • Private Insurers?
Oral Health Coaltions ProblemSolutionshoped for results
Lewis Robertson Lawrence Johnson Oral Health Coalitions Estill Menifee Magoffin Floyd Hart Knox Metcalfe Whitley
Kentucky’s Oral Health Program What’s New?Where are we headed?
Smiling Schools Initiative Part of the Governor’s Healthy Smiles Kentucky Initiative
ARC Smiling Schools Counties Elliott Menifee Wolfe Magoffin Breathitt Lee Floyd Owsley Jackson Knott Perry Clay Russell Knox Harlan Bell
NOT Part of Kentucky’s Oral Health Program UK’s Prenatal Programs
NOT Part of Kentucky’s Oral Health Program ARC Planning GrantMSU, UK, UPIKESOM
NOT Part of Kentucky’s Oral Health Program Appalachian School Of LawBeverage Studies
Public Health Hygiene Programs • New to Kentucky • Increase Access • Build Dental Home • Medicaid? • Referrals • By Protocol, not by General Supervision • Will grow from schools to all in need
Other ideas in Kentucky • Dental Caries and Periodontal Disease • Chronic Disease • Medicaid Managed Care • Adult Dental Care • Charitable Clinics • Charitable Events • Workforce Distribution
Kentucky’s Oral Health Program Dr. Julie Watts McKee JulieW.McKee@ky.gov 502-564-3246 x 3774 Questions?