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Phipps K, Kuthy R, Marianos D, Isman B. 2013. State-based oral health surveillance systems: Conceptual framework and operational definition. Atlanta, GA: Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, 43 pp.

Annotation: This paper discusses the public health implications of poor oral health, the role of public health surveillance, and efforts to improve national and state oral health surveillance systems (SOHSSs). Topics include efforts to align national and state oral health surveillance system indicators with Healthy People 2020 objectives, assess new information technologies and the availability of data sources, and expand the operational definition of a SOHSS.

Contact: Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, 2872 Woodcock Boulevard, Suite 250, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: (770) 458-3811 Fax: (770) 458-8516 Web Site: https://www.cste.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Craniofacial abnormalities, Healthy People 2020, Oral health, Population surveillance, Systems development

Deinard A, Modem S, Shaw D, Vega J. 2010. Pediatric oral health: Smiles for tomorrow–An atlas of common dental pathology for primary care medical professionals (upd. ed.). Minneapolis, MN: Regents of the University of Minnesota, 65 pp.

Bishara SE, ed. 1988. The second international symposium on feeding and dento-facial development: Proceedings. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa, 44 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings describe the symposium held May 5–7, 1988, in Chicago, Illinois, to address various aspect of child development including dental, facial, cranial, psychological, and speech development, and the preventive and interceptive approach to management of craniofacial aberrations. Contents of the proceedings include the program at a glance and abstracts of all sessions. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Conferences, Craniofacial abnormalities, Dental care, Feeding, Human development, Oral health

University of Iowa, Department of Pedodontics and University Hospital School. 1974. Symposium: Dental management of the handicapped child. [Iowa City, IA]: University of Iowa, 94 pp.

Annotation: This booklet contains the program and summaries of symposium presentations held on May 22-23, 1973, at the University of Iowa. Topics include genetics and the prevention of mental retardation; neuromuscular diseases involving craniofacial structures; hospital dentistry; anesthesia and analgesia; new directions in the training of professionals for delivery of services to the handicapped; challenges in preventing dental disease; a comprehensive clinical dental program for hemophiliacs; organization of an interdisciplinary unit for the study of craniofacial anomalies; and the future care of the handicapped person. The symposium was supported by Training Project 484, Maternal and Child Health Service, health Services and mental Health Administration, awarded to the University of Iowa, Department of Pedodontics, in cooperation with the University Hospital School. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Analgesic drugs, Anesthesia, Children, Children with developmental disabilities, Children with special health care needs, Craniofacial abnormalities, Dental care, Dental education, Dentists, Families, Hemophilia, Mental retardation, Oral health, Pregnant women

Bi-Regional Institute on Earlier Recognition of Handicapping Conditions (1970: University of California, Berkeley). 1970. Proceedings. Berkeley, CA: University of California, School of Public Health, 159 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings discuss acrocephalosyndactyly, craniofacial dysotosis, and related syndromes; genetic counseling clinics; minor anomalies as indicators of altered morphogenesis; biochemical aspects of handicapping conditions; biochemical screening; evaluation of screening procedures; what happens after screening; children and computers; prevention of mental retardation; fetal and neonatal assessment; newborn hearing screening; congenital dislocated hip in the Navajo Indian; mass computer evaluation of school children for heart disease; implications of screening techniques for comprehensive care; prevention of behavior disorders in early childhood; remediation of learning disabilities; poverty; and delivery of health services to children in the inner city.

Keywords: Acrocephalosyndactylia, American Indians, Assessment, Behavior disorders, Biochemical genetics, Children, Computers, Congenital hip dislocations, Craniofacial abnormalities, Developmental screening, Diagnosis, Disabilities, Evaluation, Genetic counseling, Genetic screening, Health services delivery, Hearing screening, Heart diseases, Inner city, Learning disabilities, Mental retardation, Newborn infants, Poverty, Prevention
   

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U02MC31613, MCH Advanced Education Policy, $3.5 M. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.