May 11th 2011

1. Oral Health Coalition
Priorities Identified – November 2010
1.
Oral Health of Older Adults/Older Adults in
LTC/Older Adults in Acute Care. (34)
2.
Support Mobile Dental Bus. (27)
3.
Toothbrushing Programs in Community
Schools. (19)

2. Oral Health Coalition
Priorities Identified – November 2010
4.
Free dental work for working poor/low or
no income. (15)
5.
SHR Senior Care Strategy – Oral Health.
(13)

3. Oral Health Coalition
Actions
Two Community Wellness Grants applied for in
January 2011:
1.
LTC Oral Health Coordinator – Approved 
$20,000 – University of Sask., College of Dentistry
Partners: SHR – Continuing Care & Seniors Health
SHR – PHS – Oral Health Program
(Priority # 1)

4. Oral Health Coalition
Actions
2.
Smile! Toothbrushing Programs in all SHR
Community Schools – Not approved 
$10,000- Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools
Partners: Saskatoon Public School Division
PHS – Oral Health Program
(Priority # 3)

5. Oral Health Coalition
Actions
Will submit another application for October 2011,
clearly stating who employs the Smile coordinator,
and partners’ specific roles.
Are there other groups who would like to partner
with us? CUMFI? PHS – BHE?

6. Oral Health Coalition
Actions
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Stobart Elementary School (Duck Lake) has
started their own toothbrushing program.
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GSCS wants to fund a pilot program in a few
community schools in partnership with the Oral
Health Program.
(Priority #3)

7. Oral Health Coalition
Actions
•
Master of Public Health student hired by College of
Dentistry for practicum
•
June /11- August/11
Focus of practicum is to draft a proposal on
oral health care/programming for LTC residents in
Saskatchewan .
(Priority #5)

8. Oral Health Coalition
Actions
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College of Dentistry, West Side Community
Dental Clinic
Fully equipped and soon ready for clients.
When operational, how can we promote to
seniors to access services?
(Priority #4)

9. Oral Health Coalition
Actions
•
Mobile Dental Bus
No action yet.
How can we move this forward?

10. Outcomes
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Community support for families with children
who have had dental treatment under general
anaesthesia.
Ethics approval submitted for a research
project.
The project is to follow up with children and
their families in the community after dental
treatment under general anaesthesia.

11. Outcomes
Objective is to support family, so that good
oral health practices and dental care can be
implemented for the entire family.
Goal is to reduce and/or eliminate repeat
general anaesthesia for same child, and
also any siblings.

12. Outcomes
Lead:
Dr. Nagle
Others: Dr. Hamilton
PHS – Oral Health Program
(Priority #8)

13. Outcomes
•
Oral Health Program is working
collaboratively with the College of Dentistry,
Pediatric program and schools, to increase
the number of children receiving preventive
services (fluoride, sealants) and treatment
services – Fall 2011.

14. Outcomes
•
April 1, 2011 implementation of PHN’s in
rural health centres providing fluoride
varnish to children ages 1-5.
(Priority #10)

15. Outcomes
•
Marcella Ogenchuk, College of Nursing, linked
with Dr. Uswak to provide dental presentations to 3rd
year nursing students at Prince Albert’s Victoria
Hospital.
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Focus was on basic information on early childhood
dental disease. This included teaching Lift the Lip,
fluoride varnish, referrals to dental home, etc..
The students then set up lectures for pediatric ward
staff.

16. Outcomes
Unique to have non-dental health
professionals advocating for oral health.
Dr. Uswak provides similar presentations to
3rd year nursing, pharmacy, and nutrition
U of S students.

17. Outcomes
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Strengthened linkage with Health Bus.
PHS – Oral Health Program to be available
one day/month for consultations at
Ave. M & 20th Street location, from
May-September, 2011.
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Priority: To identify point of contact for
vulnerable populations.

18. Oral Health Coalitions
What’s Next
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Arkansas
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Florida
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http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programs
Services/oralhealth
http://www.flphi.org/
Massachusetts
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http://www.massoralhealth.org/

19. Oral Health Coalitions
What’s Next
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New Hampshire
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New York state
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http://nhoralhealth.org/
http://nysohc.org/default.aspx
North Dakota
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http://www.ndhealth.gov/oralhealth/

20. Oral Health Coalitions
What’s Next
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Oklahoma
• http://www.okacaa.org/
Oregon
• http://www.orohc.org/
Pennsylvania
• http://www.paoralhealth.org/

21. Oral Health Coalitions
What’s Next
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Texas
• www.txohc.org/
Utah
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http://health.utah.gov/oralhealth
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Washington state
• http://www.ws-ohc.org/
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Oral Health Coalitions - Portal
• http://ohcwp.org/

22. What’s next?
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How can we build capacity?
• Advocacy Skills – Priority # 7 (11)
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How should we proceed?

23. What’s next?
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Social Media – How should we engage?
Could include dental messages/resources/
OHC updates?

Blog? Website? Facebook?

24. What’s next?
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How to establish shared goals?
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Future agendas – time for partners to
share updates

25. Thank you for your
participation today!!
Next Meeting:
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
8:30 am – 12:00 pm