Oral Health: An Essential Component of Primary Care

Primary care teams help patients and families prevent and detect disease in every other part of the body. Why not the mouth, too?

Oral disease is a serious problem for Americans of all ages. We need strategies to combat it.

Watch this video for information about actions primary care teams can take to improve their patients' oral health. The full details are available in our white paper, which can be downloaded from www.QualisHealth.org/white-paper

New endorsements! In addition to the organizations listed in the original video, the following have endorsed our white paper: American Academy of Nursing
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
National Rural Health Association
Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative

The video is also supported by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

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