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START-UP & EXPANSION OF DENTAL SERVICES

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Oral Health Infrastructure Series: Brick and Mortar Expansion

Live webinar 9/25/19  


As part of the 2019 HRSA Oral Health Infrastructure funding, NNOHA is offering a series of four webinars on various infrastructure enhancements for new or enhanced integrated oral health services. The first webinar of the series will focus on brick and mortar expansion. This webinar will feature Capital Link and two Oral Health Service Expansion awardees: Terry Reilly Health Services, and Project HOME. Capital Link is a HRSA National Cooperative Agreement grantee that provides assistance to health centers in capitalization. Capital Link will discuss capitalization strategies for health centers. Terry Reilly Health Services, ID, will discuss their previous dental clinic expansion of adding a dental suite into a medical clinic. Project HOME, PA, will discuss how they expanded the number of operatories in their dental clinic


This resource was supported by NNOHA's HRSA National Training and Technical Assistance Partnership.

Health Center Oral Health Start-Up Tool Kit

This  document highlights NNOHA resources that may be beneficial for a Health  Center or safety-net organization considering starting up an oral health  program and/or applying for an Oral Health Expansion Grant.


This resource was supported by NNOHA's HRSA National Training and Technical Assistance Partnership.

Increasing Oral Health Access Through Clinic Expansion

This promising practice describes key points and lessons learned when expanding a dental clinic or building a new one through a HRSA expansion grant.


This resource was supported by NNOHA's HRSA National Training and Technical Assistance Partnership.

Increasing Oral Health Access Through Process Redesign

This promising practice describes how one health center is improving access to care through a process redesign.


This resource was supported by NNOHA's HRSA National Training and Technical Assistance Partnership.

NNOHA Operations Manual

The NNOHA Operations Manuals include six chapters to support health center dental programs.

NNOHA Oral Health Infrastructure Toolkit

This NNOHA toolkit provides guidance on new start-ups for direct dental services. The toolkit is a collection of resources from NNOHA and outside organizations.


This resource was supported by NNOHA's HRSA National Training and Technical Assistance Partnership.

NNOHA Technical Assistance Resources Toolkit

This Toolkit highlights NNOHA resources that may be beneficial for a new Dental Director/Dental Program Manager or new oral health program.

Needs Assessment of Health Centers without Oral Health/Dental

This document provides a summary of the assessment of Health Centers without oral health/dental programs and what the barriers are to expansion.

ADA: Amalgam Waste, Best Management

This site  highlight’s the ADA’s “Best Management Practices for Amalgam Waste”, a  series of amalgam waste handling and disposal practices.

Bright Smiles for Bright Futures

Learn about Bright Smiles for Bright Futures, a promising practice that provides free emergency and preventive care, and up to $600 allowance for restorative and/or periodontal care for as many as 400 pregnant women per year.

Characteristics of a Quality Oral Health-Dental Program

This fact-sheet lists 8 characteristics of successful Health Center oral health programs.

Expanding Scope- The Swedish Community Specialty Clinic

This promising practice describes how Swedish Community Specialty Clinic, working in conjunction with community partners, provides complex oral surgery procedures that safety net clinics are unable to provide for their non-insured and/or low-income patients.

Going Green in Dental

This promising practice describes the “Going Green in Dental” initiative, which aims to increase recycling and create and promote sustainable green practices across dental sites.

HRSA in your State

HRSA In Your State provides summary data fact sheets about HRSA’s activities in each State, County, and Congressional District.

Interactive Budget Planning Worksheet

This worksheet in the Safety Net Dental Clinic Manual enables you to analyze and save the analysis of the financial impacts of different decisions, assumptions and costs specific to your situation.

Ohio Safety Net Dental Clinics

Maintained by the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center and the Ohio Department of Health, Oral Health Program, Ohio Safety Net Dental Clinics is a comprehensive online portal to the tools and information necessary to start and maintain the operations and delivery of health care services in safety net dental clinics in Ohio.

Oral Health Service Expansion Resources

This document highlights resources that may be beneficial for a Health Center or safety-net organization operating with an Oral Health Expansion Grant.


This resource was supported by NNOHA's HRSA National Training and Technical Assistance Partnership.

Safety Net Dental Clinic Manual

This manual is designed to help dental clinic staff with all aspects of clinic development and ongoing operations. Chapter topics include partnerships and planning, facility design and staffing, financing, clinic operations, quality improvement, and program sustainability. Links to sample policies, efficiency tips, professional standards, supply lists, floor plans, design tips, equipment photographs, customizable budget worksheets, funding strategies, quality improvement plans, fact sheets, and websites are included. Updates to the Web site’s contents are made continually. Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Written by Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Oral Health Services, U.S. Indian Health Service, and Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors.

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