OVERVIEW

EQIPP: Oral Health is organized by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and will be held from Jun 02, 2016 - Jun 01, 2019. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 28.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Description & Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course, you will be able to: Recognize the role pediatric primary healthcare providers (PPHPs) play in providing oral health care, including:

• Understand the importance of a dental home
• Identify the roles of PPHP in facilitating the establishment of a dental home
• Recognize the various facets involved and barriers in setting up a dental home
• Understand the dental caries process and impact of Early Childhood Caries (ECC)
• Know the process of performing a caries risk assessment
• Identify groups that are at high risk for dental caries
• Understand the importance of maternal oral health
• Provide age-specific oral health anticipatory guidance
• Deliver oral health and injury prevention patient education
• Be familiar with fluoride varnish—who should apply it and how it is applied
• Address families’ concerns about fluoride varnish.
• Understand the process for procuring, storing, and billing for fluoride varnish

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.