Oral Health Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs

Good oral care is fundamentally important to overall health.  This pocket guide is designed to be a tool kit for family members/caregivers to help provide good oral care for the children they care for.  It is also designed to be a quick reference guide for dental providers on how to best provide oral care for children with special health care needs.

Pocket Guide to Oral Health Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs

The full size version of this guide and other information is available for downloading at the Oklahoma Areawide Services Information System (OASIS) website, a statewide information and referral for Oklahomans with special needs. The guide is located approximately mid-way down the page under Resources.

http://oasis.ouhsc.edu

It is important for every child to have a dental home.  A list of dentists indicating an interest in being a potential provider for the very young child and/or children with special health care needs may be found on the Oklahoma Dental Association website.

www.okda.org