Oral Health Care

Oral health care includes diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic services provided by a dental health care professional licensed to provide health care in the State or jurisdiction, including general dental practitioners, dental specialists, and dental hygienists, as well as licensed and trained and dental assistants. The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program supports oral health services through all program parts as well as the Part F Dental Reimbursement Program (DRP) and Community-Based Dental Partnership Program (CBDPP). See the Program Locator for details.

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Best Practices and Emerging Models

Resources

Training Modules

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Training manual and curriculum to improve delivery of dental care service to people with HIV, based on insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Training manual for agencies seeking to improve delivery of dental care service to people with HIV, based on insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • IHIP

    Curriculum instructions to implement best practices from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Summary of insights in Creating Innovative Oral Health Care Programs training manual, based on insights from SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    References in Creating Innovative Oral Health Care Programs training manual, based on insights from SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Review of the contents of Creating Innovative Oral Health Care Programs training manual for agencies seeking to improve delivery of dental care service to people with HIV, based on insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Review of the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative and the models studies in order to prepare this Creating Innovative Oral Health Care Programs training manual.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Factors that help oral health programs sustain operations, based on insights from SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative. Chapter in Creating Innovative Oral Health Care Programs training manual.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Recap of data on oral health needs for people with HIV and HRSA oral health programs. Chapter in Creating Innovative Oral Health Care Programs training manual, based on insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Interview guide for determining dental care needs of people with HIV. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Instructional design of curriculum to implement best practices from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative. Introductory chapter of Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Organizational models used to develop oral health care services for people with HIV, from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Review of oral health care considerations for people with HIV, from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative. Introductory chapter of Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Module on common barriers to oral health care encountered by people with HIV and the intersection of oral health and HIV disease. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Review of models from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Terminology on oral health and HIV disease. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Visual and descriptive examples of common oral health diseases. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Facts and myths on oral health and HIV disease, organized as training tests. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Review of oral health and HIV care programs that utilize a dental case manager, patient navigator, or outreach worker as part of their program model. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Module presenting recommendations for providers seeking to educate their patients about the components of a basic oral health care plan. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

  • HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

    Module to help dental care providers understand how peers can be helpful in engaging people with HIV in care and to familiarize themselves with a possible tool to use in peer education and training. Chapter in Implementing Oral Health Care into HIV Primary Care Settings, presenting insights from the SPNS Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative.

Webinars and Training

Conference Presentations

The Wright Center for Community Health
Presenters:
Shane Cobert, Mary Louise Decker, Satya Upadhyayula
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
Baltimore City Health Department
Presenters:
Amit Chattopadhyay, Victoria Cargill
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
HRSA
Presenters:
Heather Hauck, Alex Keuroghlian, Jill York, Larry Zayas Rivera, Harold Phillips
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
Nova Southeastern University/AETC and Positive Impact Health Centers
Presenters:
Mark Schweizer, Karen Cross, David Reznik, Ellie Coombs
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Presenters:
Mary Frances Spitler, Kathy Gaddis, Laterica Williams, Kris Hauenstein
2020 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment

Technical Assistance

  • The central hub of the AETC Program, the clinical training arm of the RWHAP, through HIV curricula, technical support to regional AETCs on practice transformation and best practices, and housing of all AETC-developed tools for HIV clinical staff. Project period: 2019-2024.
  • Initiative documenting best practice strategies and interventions that have been shown to improve HIV outcomes in a "real world" setting and can be replicated by other programs. Project period: 2021-2024.