DRIVING CHANGE
Dental-Medical Integration
Promoting oral health and the prevention of oral, dental, and craniofacial diseases enhances physical, mental, and social well-being as part of true whole-person health. The Dental–Medical Integration Initiative advances this vision by emphasizing the role of prevention, addressing the social determinants of health, and embedding oral health across all systems of care—public health, primary, acute, and chronic care, and payors alike. By strengthening medical–dental integration, this initiative helps reduce chronic disease risk, improve patient outcomes, and build more equitable communities where oral health is recognized as a critical component of overall health.
Making the Connection Between Dental and Medical Care
NACDD’s oral health program promotes integrating medical and dental care to achieve whole-person health.
Read MoreA Path to Person-Centered Care: Medical-Dental Integration in Practice
Medical-dental integration (MDI) is recognized as an essential strategy for delivering person-centered care and improving health outcomes. How can providers bridge the gap between oral health and systemic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and mental health disorders? Join CareQuest Institute and the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.
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Accelerating Best Practice in Medical-Dental Integration
This webinar will explore oral health interventions in primary care education and practice, the integration of primary care screenings into dental practices, and access to shared data to support a patient-centered, integrated approach to health care.
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Integrating Oral Health Care into Primary Care
Five Successful, Long-Standing, Statewide Programs Providing Care for the Maternal and Child Health Population.
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