Dental Support Center

 


 

The purpose of the Dental Support Center (DSC) is to improve access to quality clinical and preventative services for the Indian Health Service Beneficiaries. Please contact the DSC for more information or to arrange for any of the services listed below.

Cathy Hollister, RDH, MSPH, PhD

Director

615-467-1638

mary.hollister@ihs.gov

 

 Clinical Service Support

 

The DSC provides many services to support the entire dental team. Administrative procedures, clinical protocols, environment safety and quality improvement tools may be found in the Policy and Procedures link. See our Forms link for Quality Assurance, Chart Review tools, consent forms, tracking, billing, HIPPA tools and many other forms. Professional Standards of Care, Recommended Protocols, and Best Practices can be found in the Guidelines link. Our Manuals link for DDS has RPMS General Instructions, search instructions, and the Dental Safety Net link. The Educational Resources link includes many resources for chairside instructions.

 

Dental Reports

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  • “Nashville Area Oral Health Screening Survey, 2009

Health Promotion/Disease Prevention

 

Both clinical and community prevention programs are a routine part of care in IHS clinics.The DSC provides support for Dental Clinics, Medical Staff's, and Community Leaders to support oral health prevention services. Look in Manuals to find Program Planning guidance, Fluoride Varnish recommendations, and Head Start resources. In the Guidelines section, you can find current CDC Fluoride recommendations, CDC Community Resources link and Healthy People 2010 Oral Health Objectives. The Educational Resources link has strategies for community events, Dental Fast Facts, Children's Activity Sheets for classroom as well as clinic instructions.

 

 

Training and Resources

 

The DSC is committed to ongoing professional training and providing the most recent training materials necessary for dental staff continuing education as well as materials that can be used for patient and community education, See our Training link for Power point presentations regarding diabetes, Early Childhood Caries and Infant Oral Health. Resources that have been beneficial in Group Teaching may be found in our Educational Resources link.