Oral health care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A statewide model.

IF 0.9 Q3 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE Special Care in Dentistry Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-29 DOI:10.1111/scd.13046

John Morgan, Athanasios Thanos Zavras

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Background and aim: Effective strategies and practices can assist in forming future initiatives and policies to improve oral health for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This manuscript aims to describe the Tufts Dental Facilities (TDF), a university-state collaboration providing sustained statewide access to comprehensive oral health care for individuals with IDD.

Program description: The TDF program was established in 1976 as the result of a class action lawsuit to improve medical and dental care for individuals with IDD residing at state institutions in Massachusetts. TDF, A partnership, between Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (TUSDM) and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a network of seven dental clinics strategically positioned across the state. These clinics are specifically designed to meet the oral health needs of individuals with IDD. TUSDM's oral health providers with expertise in special care dentistry deliver comprehensive oral health care for over 6500 individuals with IDD, incorporating supportive care services and access to general anesthesia. Additionally, the program provides training in special care dentistry for dental residents and pre-doctoral dental students.

Conclusions: Leveraging state and university resources, TDF provides a model of a sustainable, long-term system for statewide access to oral health care for individuals with IDD.

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智力和发育障碍人士的口腔保健：全州模式。

背景和目的：有效的策略和实践有助于形成未来的倡议和政策，以改善智力和发育障碍 (IDD) 患者的口腔健康。本手稿旨在介绍塔夫茨牙科设施（TDF），这是一个大学与州政府的合作项目，为智障人士提供持续的全州范围的综合口腔保健服务：TDF 计划成立于 1976 年，是一项集体诉讼的结果，旨在改善居住在马萨诸塞州州立机构的智障人士的医疗和牙科护理。TDF 是塔夫茨大学牙科医学院 (TUSDM) 与马萨诸塞州联邦之间的合作项目，是一个由七个牙科诊所组成的网络，战略性地分布在全州各地。这些诊所专为满足智障人士的口腔健康需求而设计。TUSDM 的口腔医疗服务提供者拥有特殊护理牙科方面的专业知识，为 6500 多名智障人士提供全面的口腔医疗服务，其中包括支持性护理服务和全身麻醉服务。此外，该计划还为牙科住院医师和牙科博士预科生提供特殊护理牙科方面的培训：TDF 利用州政府和大学的资源，为全州范围内的 IDD 患者提供了一个可持续的长期口腔保健系统模式。

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Special Care in Dentistry DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE-

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2.40

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14.30%

发文量

120

期刊介绍： Special Care in Dentistry is the official journal of the Special Care Dentistry Association, the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry. It is the only journal published in North America devoted to improving oral health in people with special needs.