Welcome to the IHS Dental Portal.

The purpose of the Dental Portal is to have one place where staff who work in Indian healthcare can locate essential resources to support to the operation of effective clinical and community dental programs. These resources include the Continuing Dental Education (CDE), the IHS Dental Directory, the Electronic Dental Record (EDR), the Early Childhood Caries (ECC) Collaborative, and the Health Promotion/Disease Prevention (HP/DP) web sites.

• Data Brief - The Oral Health of AI/AN Adult Dental Patients: Results of the 2015 IHS Oral Health Survey (PDF - 401KB)
  
• IHS Oral Health Survellance Plan 2016-2025
  
• National Children's Dental Health Month Presentations
  
• Dental Program Announcement of Funding: 2016 Division of Oral Health: Oral Health Promotion, Disease Prevention (HPDP) Initiatives
  
• The Indian Health Service Early Childhood Caries Collaborative: A Five-year Summary”; Pediatric Dentistry, v37,No3, May/June 2015, pp265-280
  
• Clinical and Preventive Dental Support Centers Awards Announced
  
• Announcement: Dental Preventive and Clinical Support Centers Program Awards (PDF - 267KB)
  
• The FY2016 Division of Oral Health Long-Term Training Dental Program Site Award
  
• Data Brief - IHS Oral Health Survey of AI/AN Adolescents Aged 13-15 Years (PDF - 750KB)
  
• Data Brief - The Oral Health of AI/AN Children Aged 6-9 Years: Results of the 2014 IHS Oral Health Survey (PDF - 535KB)
  
• Data Brief - The Oral Health of AI/AN Children Aged 1-5 Years: Results of the 2014 IHS Oral Health Survey (PDF - 630KB)
  
• Alternative Dental Workforce Models (PDF - 735KB)
  Historically, access to dental care in IHS, tribal, and urban programs has been lower than the general U.S. population. An estimated 44.5% of persons aged 2 years and older had a dental visit in the past year in the United States, while only 28.8% of American Indians and Alaska Natives [AIAN] accessed dental care in 2014. This low access rate was despite the fewest number of dentist vacancies in the IHS in the past decade.
• The 2010 Oral Health Survey of American Indian/Alaska Native Preschool Children (PDF - 4.1 MB)
  The 2010 Oral Health Survey of American Indian/Alaska Native Preschool Children is a report of the nationwide Basic Screening Survey of 8,450 0-5 year-old AI/AN children in 2010. This survey assessed caries prevalence (early childhood caries prevalence) and untreated decay rates in this age group.
• Current Use of the Dental Health Aide Therapist in Indian Country and Beyond - Posted 1-16-14 (PDF - 135KB)
• ECC Prescription Pad Information
• FDA Drug Safety Communication: Safety review update of codeine use in children; new Boxed Warning and Contraindication on use after tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy.
• Dental Radiograph Recommendations Updated By The ADA
  Working in collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the American Dental Association (ADA) had issued updated recommendations for the prescription of dental radiographic examinations.
  • Dental Radiographic Examinations: Recommendations for Patient Selection and Limiting Raditation Exposure was last updated in 2004.
• The IHS Dental Explorer, October 2012: The IHS ECC Collaborative (PDF - 1.5MB)
• The IHS Dental Explorer, September 2011: ECC Collaborative (PDF - 3MB)
• Early Childhood Caries Collaborative Webpage
• The IHS Dental Explorer, February 2010: Early Childhood Caries Initiative (PDF - 1MB)

If you have any difficulties with this website, contact Talee Roberts.