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Information Desk


SOME LINKS TO INFORMATION ON:

KANSAS DENTAL HEALTH ISSUES


provided by the Kansas State Library Research and Information Division
last updated July 19, 2005

SEARCHING OUR NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS FILES & ONLINE CATALOG (ATLAS)


STATE LIBRARY NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS FILE
The State Library has an extensive newspaper clippings file with articles from several Kansas daily newspapers covering this topic. This collection does not circulate but is available in the library for research. A list of articles in the file on Kansas dental and oral health issues, January-May, 2005, is available online at:
http://www.skyways.org/KSL/ref/misc/clipp/2005health2.htm

STATE LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG
Click on any of the following headings to browse through lists of material available at the Kansas State Library and other research libraries in Topeka, Kansas.

Dentistry
Preventive dentistry
Mouth (material on general oral health found here)
Dentists
Dental auxiliary personnel
Dental health education

Check out the ATLAS Catalog for other resources: http://lib.wuacc.edu/search/

If you see something you'd like to borrow from the Kansas State Library or have further questions feel free to contact us

KANSAS GOVERNMENT LINKS

KANSAS DENTAL BOARD
http://www.accesskansas.org/kdb/
The mission of the Kansas Dental Board is to ensure and protect dental health by enforcement of the Kansas Dental Law.

KANSAS ORAL HEALTH INITIATIVE (Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment, Office of Oral Health)
http://www.kdhe.state.ks.us/ohi/
The Office of Oral Health seeks to increase awareness regarding the importance of oral health and improve oral health status by providing education, consultation and training that focuses on health promotion and disease prevention

OTHER KANSAS RESOURCES AND ONLINE DOCUMENTS

2004 Smiles Across Kansas report
http://www.kdhe.state.ks.us/ohi/download/smiles_across_kansas_2004.pdf
(Issued by the Kansas Health Institute. Adobe Acrobat software is required to view this document)

The Declining Supply of Dental Services in Kansas: Implications for Access and Options for Reform (2005)
http://www.khi.org/DentalSupply/DentalreportFINAL.pdf
(Kansas Health Institute. Adobe Acrobat software is required to view this document)

Oral Health Information for the Early Care Education Community (2001)
http://www.kdhe.state.ks.us/ohi/download/early_care_and_edu.pdf
(Kansas Head Start Association Publication. Adobe Acrobat software is required to view this document)

Kansas Mission of Mercy ..... patient characteristics, needs and satisfaction
Reports prepared by the Kansas Health Institute for the Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation surveying participants in free dental clinics held in the following Kansas cities, 2003-2005:
---Salina (2005) http://www.healthfund.org/pdf/kmom-salina.pdf
---Pittsburg (2004) http://www.healthfund.org/pdf/kmom-pittsburg.pdf
---Garden City (2003) http://www.healthfund.org/pdf/kmom-gardencity.pdf
---Wyandotte County/Kansas City (2003) http://www.healthfund.org/pdf/kmom-wyandotte.pdf

Oral Health Fact Scheets
http://www.kdhe.state.ks.us/ohi/fact_sheets.html
(Links to information provided by the Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment and other agencies.)



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