CDPH and the Office of Oral Health Publications

​Publications by Key Partners and Others

• San Francisco Community Health Needs Assessment 2016, turn to page 89 for detailed status of Oral Health in SF children.

• California Public Water Systems that are Fluoridated: List of water systems that provide fluoridated water.
• Falling Short – Most States Lag on Dental Sealants (PDF): The Pew Center on the States created this document to outline the shortcoming of applying dental sealants throughout the United States. 
• Healthy People 2020 – Oral Health: The United States Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion crafted Healthy People 2020. This resource outlines the Oral Health components.
• In Search of Dental Care (PDF): The Pew Center on the States created this document to show two types of dentist shortages that limit children's access to care.
• "Mommy, It Hurts to Chew" - The California Smile Survey (PDF): An oral health assessment of California's kindergarten and 3rd grade children in 2006 prepared by the Dental Health Foundation. 
• Kindergarten Oral Health Assessment: Information related to Education Code Section 49452.8, which requires public school students to have an oral health assessment no later than May 31 of their first year of school enrollment.
• Advancing Oral Health in America (PDF): The Institute of Medicine produced a plan outlining specific objectives and strategies that will ensure access to quality, culturally competent care for vulnerable populations; strengthen oral health research; and promote models of oral health care that use a variety of new and existing health care professionals.
• Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations (PDF): The Institute of Medicine and National Research Council formed the Committee on Oral Health Access to Services to assess the current oral health care system with a focus on the delivery of oral health care to vulnerable and underserved populations.
• Oral Health in America – A Report of the Surgeon General (PDF): The United States Department of Health and Human Services produced a report summarizing key findings about oral health in America.

If you are having difficulty accessing any of these documents, please contact the Office of Oral Health at dentaldirector@cdph.ca.gov to request this information in an alternate format.