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Making CHIP Work for Kids: Changes in State CHIP Dental Coverage Subsequent to CHIPRA

Recommendations for ensuring that CHIPRA dental benefits adhere to the requirements of comprehensive dental coverage in the law...Read More

New Online Legal Resource on Community Water Fluoridation

The Fluoride Legislative User Information Database or "FLUID" is a comprehensive database containing historical information on legal cases decided by U.S. courts and current information on federal and state policies regarding community water fluoridation. Read More.

Access to Child-Only Supplemental Dental Coverage Through CHIPRA: A Handbook for Advocates and Policymakers

A framework for thinking through the options and requirements of the child-only supplemental dental coverage....Read More

ACA: Fulfilling the Pledge to Improve America’s Oral Health

A summary of our two white papers on ACA oral health and dental care provisions....Read More.

Oral Health Provisions in Health Care Reform

See the specifics in our Guide to the Oral Health Provisions in Health Care Reform.

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HHS Issues Final Exchange Rule: Implications for Dental Coverage

The Children's Dental Health Project applauds the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for issuing a clear directive to states on the...

Making CHIP Work for Kids: Changes in State CHIP Dental Coverage Subsequent to CHIPRA

In December of 2011, the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Policy Center (Policy Center) released CHIP Dental Coverage: An Examination of...

A Simulation Model for Designing Effective Interventions in Early Childhood Caries

A new study of Colorado preschool children modeled 6 categories of ECC intervention — applying fluorides, limiting cariogenic bacterial...