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• Why Worry About My Oral Health?
• How to Find Dental Care
• For Children with Special Health Care Needs
   
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• Fluorides & Community Water Fluoridation

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Vision

Achieve the best possible oral health and consequent general health and quality of life for the MCH population in Washington State.

Mission

Promote the wellbeing of pregnant and parenting women, infants, children, and adolescents by engaging into oral health activities that:

• are evidence-based
• are prevention-oriented
• decrease disparities
• increase access to care
• engage partners and communities
• are integrated with other public health services

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Partners

Guidelines for State Oral Health Programs

Washington State's Oral Health Program promotes and implements best practices to preserve and protect the oral health of Washington State citizens.  These practices and models of prevention are derived from several national, local and private efforts to enhance oral health.  The websites below are the primary initiatives that the Oral Health Program follows to ensure positive oral health outcomes for people in Washington State.

• Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health 2000
• Surgeon General's Report 2003: National Call to Action to Promote Oral Health  2003
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Oral Health Resources
• Healthy People 2010 Oral Health Objectives
  • Oral Health Toolbox
• Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors
• Department of Health Public Health Improvement Partnership