Conferences

2009 National Oral Health Conference

Pursuing Excellence in Dental Public Health

April 20–22, 2009
Portland, Oregon

The tenth annual joint meeting of the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD) and the American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD) was held April 20–22, in Portland, Oregon. The CDC and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) co-sponsored the conference with ASTDD and AAPHD.

The conference focused on accomplishments since the release of A National Call to Action to Promote Oral Health: A Public-Private Partnership Under the Leadership of the Office of the Surgeon General, which was originally released at the 2003 National Oral Health Conference.

In the opening plenary session, Dr. Wendy Mouradian discussed last year’s Summit on Children’s Oral Health and challenges in meeting recommendations of the 2000 Surgeon General’s report and the National Call to Action. Dr. Mouradian is a developmental pediatrician, ethicist, oral health advocate, and Associate Dean of the University of Washington School of Dentistry.

Other plenary and conference sessions addressed social and personal responsibility for improving oral health, state infrastructure development, partnership development, state-based surveillance, oral health workforce capacity and diversity, oral health-promoting policy and legislation, serving special needs individuals, fluoride and enamel fluorosis surveillance, and community-based interventions for prevention and early detection of oral cancer.

Additional information and presentations, including presentations from previous years’ conferences, are available at the AAPHD Web site.*

SAVE THE DATE

2010 National Oral Health Conference
April 26–28, 2010
Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark
St. Louis, Missouri

Registration and other information about next year’s conference will be available at the AAPHD Web site* in 2010.

The National Oral Health Conference is for public health officials, state and territorial dental directors, dentists, dental hygienists, Medicaid/SCHIP dental representatives, county/city/local dental directors, community health-center personnel, health researchers, dental or health educators, legislators and policy makers, students, dental suppliers, and dental insurance company staff.

Past Conferences

Public Health Implications of Chronic Periodontal Infections in Adults
April 8–9, 2003
Atlanta, Georgia

First National Conference on Dentistry’s Role in Responding to Bioterrorism and Other Catastrophic Events
March 27–28, 2003
Washington, D.C.

1996 National Strategic Planning Conference for the Prevention and Control of Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer
August 7–9, 1996
Chicago, Illinois

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Page last modified: September 14, 2009
Content source: Division of Oral Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion