NCOHF Affiliate Network

Each pediatric oral health program in the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation: America’s Toothfairy Affiliate network uniquely reflects the local community it serves. All NCOHF Affiliates share a passionate commitment to providing the very best integrated education, prevention and treatment programs for underserved children.

NCOHF is proud to provide all members of the Affiliate network with outstanding educational materials, valuable resources and technical support. In less than 5 years, NCOHF has delivered over $7 million in funding and donated products to Affiliate partners nationwide.

Together with the generous participation of national and local partners, we will ensure that every child is given the opportunity to have a healthy smile.

Benefits of becoming an NCOHF Affiliate

• funding
• donated dental products
• educational materials
• technical resources
• sharing of best practices
• Affiliate fundraising packages

NCOHF Affiliate Programs

NCOHF Affiliates share a common goal in serving their communities with a congruent integrative model for education, preventative therapies, and restorative procedures. Affiliates, with the support of NCOHF, are able to leverage vital resources and share their valuable experiences.

Affiliate Model: Stand-alone Dental Clinic

Stand-alone dental clinics are located physically separate from other healthcare services and may or may not be associated with a larger organization. A stand-alone dental clinic may be an entity unto itself or governed under the infrastructure of a larger health care system. Affiliates under this model may partner with area medical clinics, local schools, civic groups, etc. to provide oral health “field trips”, in house, and community oral health screenings, education, preventive and comprehensive restorative treatment.

NCOHF Stand-alone Dental Clinic Affiliates:

• El Centro del Barrio,
  San Antonio, TX
• Healthy Smiles for Kids,
  Orange County, CA
• Primary Health Care, Inc. Dental Clinic,
  Des Moines , IA
• San Gabriel Valley FDN for Dental Health,
  La Puente, CA
• Sarrell Regional Dental Center-Bessemer,
  Anniston, AL
• Sonrisas Community Dental Center,
  Half Moon Bay , CA
• The Children’s Dental Center,
  Inglewood, CA
• The Gary Center,
  La Habra, CA
• Wilkes Public Health Dental Clinic,
  North Wilkesboro, NC

Affiliate Model: Comprehensive Community Health-Care Facility

Facilities meeting the criteria for this model not only deliver both medical and dental care, but also share seamless collaborations between the medical and dental providers in promoting good oral health practices. Physicians, pediatricians, nurses, nutritionists, social workers, and other healthcare providers are well educated in the pathophysiology and associated risk factors of early childhood dental caries and are able to make appropriate decisions regarding timely and effective intervention.

Research has indicated that access to early oral health care is critical to the early identification and prevention of the disease. Because pediatricians and other child health professionals are most likely to encounter new mothers and infants, NCOHF endorses and employs the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Oral Health Risk Assessment Training for Pediatricians and Other Child Health Professionals as a tool to provide pediatricians and other child health professionals the information and support they need to offer community-based, collaborative care within a medical home. All healthcare professionals are able to determine risk assessment and triage infants and young children appropriately, based on the American Academy of Pediatrics’ policy statement: Oral Health Risk Assessment Timing and Establishment of the Dental Home.

NCOHF Comprehensive Community Health-Care Facility Affiliates:

• Arizona Public Health Association – Northern Region,
  Flagstaff, AZ
• Arizona Public Health Association – Central Region,
  Scottsdale, AZ
• Arizona Public Health Association – Southern Region,
  Tucson, AZ
• AltaMed Health Services,
  Huntington Beach, CA
• Collier County Health Department,
  Naples, FL
• Dorchester House,
  Dorchester, MA
• El Proyecto del Barrio,
  Arleta, CA
• Family First Health,
  York, PA
• Friends of Family,
  La Habra , CA
• La Amistad de Jose Dental Clinic,
  Orange, CA
• PrairieStar Health Center,
  Hutchinson, KS
• St. Francis House NWA, Inc. dba Community Clinic,
  Springdale, AR
• United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries,
  Garden City, KS
• Valley Community Clinic,
  North Hollywood, CA

Affiliate Model: University Dental & Dental Hygiene Programs

A university and/or dental school serves as a hub, coordinating oral health activities that target underserved populations at either a campus-based dental clinic or ancillary outreach sites throughout a city or statewide geographic area. Ancillary sites may include Head Start programs, student rotations to preceptor sites at local public health facilities, mobile dental programs, or other outreach venues where the university has a presence.

NCOHF University Dental & Dental Hygiene Affiliates:

• Central Community College,
  Hastings, NE
• Howard University School of Dentistry,
  Washington, DC
• Indiana University School of Dentistry,
  Indianapolis, IN
• Lewis and Clark Community College,
  Godfrey, IL
• Medical College of Georgia,
  Augusta, GA
• Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University,
  Philadelphia, PA
• Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine,
  Fort Lauderdale , FL
• Owens Community College,
  Perrysburg, OH
• University of Alabama – Birmingham
  Birmingham, AL
• University of Arizona – A.T. Still School of Dentistry
  Mesa, AZ
• University of California San Francisco,
  San Francisco , CA
• University of New Mexico,
  Albuquerque, NM
• University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill,
  Chapel Hill , NC
• University of Florida,
  Gainesville, FL
• University of Illinois at Chicago
  Chicago, IL
• University of Miami,
  Miami, FL
• University of Minnesota,
  Minneapolis, MN
• University of Missouri – Kansas City,
  Kansas City, MO
• University of Puerto Rico,
  San Juan, PR
• University of Tennessee Health Science Center,
  Memphis, TN

Affiliate Model: Hospital-Based Dental Clinic

NCOHF hospital-based dental clinics are located in close proximity to the hospital, are directed under the auspices of the large hospital system and has the ability to treat medically or mentally compromised children and those needing full mouth restorative procedures in the operating room. Many hospital-based Affiliates also serve as preceptor sites for dental schools.

NCOHF Hospital-Based Dental Clinic Affiliates:

• Catholic Healthcare West,
  Chandler, AZ
• FirstHealth of the Carolinas,
  Southern Pines, NC
• Washington State Smile Partners,
  Bainbridge Island, WA

Affiliate Model: Mobile Dental Facility

The mobile dental model represents a vehicle that delivers its portable dental equipment to a particular venue and delivers on-site dental care. Sites include schools, health fairs, group homes, and other community-linked locations. Two distinct vehicles exist. The “hub and spokes” mobile dental van houses all dental equipment in its back cab and patients must enter the vehicle to receive care. The “spokes” model is comprised of portable equipment that is rolled out of the back of a truck and set-up in an empty space within a facility contracting for oral health services.

NCOHF Mobile Dental Facility Affiliates:

• Children’s Dental Health Services,
  Rochester, MN
• Community Dental Foundation,
  Phoenix, AZ
• Community Dentistry on Wheels,
  Largo, MD
• Community Oral Health Services ,
  Salinas, CA
• Gateway to Oral Health Foundation,
  Olivette, MO
• Puente a la Salud,
  Orange, CA
• Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department,
  Parkersburg, WV
• Word-of-Mouth: Oral Health Education Connection, Inc.,
  Council Bluffs, IA
• Maine Dental Health Out-Reach, Inc.,
  Winthrop, ME

Affiliate Model: School-based

The School-based model dental programs operate on the premises of a school campus. The purpose of the clinic is to provide complete access for those children who would otherwise receive professional dental care.

NCOHF School-based Affiliates:

• Just Kids Dental Health,
  Two Harbors, MN
• KinderSmile Foundation,
  Montclair, NJ

Affiliate Model: Partnership

Partnership model programs facilitate and/or deliver education, oral health assessment or screening, triage and/or referral, and follow-up of children needing oral health services in their communities. They may not have the capability of physically delivering dental treatment themselves, however they establish relationships and coordinate and/or contract with local dentists in their communities to accept their referrals, respond to children’s comprehensive dental needs, and report the results to the Partnership for tracking purposes.

Partnership models can be a collaboration of several community organizations that come together to create an oral health program with a primary goal to improve the oral health of underserved children and families in their area. The program focuses on prevention, education and outreach to children in preschools, public schools and in other community agencies serving children and works through a network of dentists and other oral health professionals who volunteer to provide services at reduced fees to children who are underinsured or uninsured.

NCOHF Partnership Affiliates:

• A Fluoride Connection Non-Profit Corp.
  Madison, WI
• Chicago Community Oral Health Forum
  Chicago, IL
• Care Ring
  Charlotte, NC

Contact us about becoming a member of the NCOHF Affiliate Network.

National Children’s Oral Health Foundation
4108 Park Road, Suite 406

Charlotte, NC 28209
(704) 350-1600

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