The purpose of this online short course is to provide students with a brief history of dental health for children, to address key issues in dental health for the maternal and child health population, and to connect MCH public health professionals with available disease preventive services.

Learning Objectives:

The participant will learn the:

• History of the profession of dentistry
  
• Determinants of oral diseases 
  
• Connections between oral infection and systemic disease (in MCH populations)
  
• Disease prevention programs available to MCH public health professionals

Target Audience:  Dental Professionals

Tier(s) and Competency Domain(s):  Tier 1 - Analytical/ Assessment Skills, Community Dimensions of Practice Skills, Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills; Tier II - Analytical/ Assessment Skills, Community Dimensions of Practice Skills, Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills

Duration:  ~ 1 hour

Continuing Education Information:  1.0 CECH for CHES

Format: Recorded Presentation

Created/Updated:  N/A

Author(s) and Presenter(s): Jim Cecil, DMD, MPH