Addressing the Crisis of Oral Health Access for Colorado's Children

摘要

The Colorado Commission on Childrens Dental Health was charged with studying a set of key public policy issues related to improving childrens oral health and to provide recommendations on how to improve the current system of dental care for Colorados children. The key issues to be addressed were: Outlining a dental benefit that meets the minimum oral health needs of children$ Identifying what financial resources are needed to address the oral health needs of low-income children$ Characterizing the systems needed to allow seamless access to oral care services$ Defining ways to improve the delivery of dental care services, particularly related to the Medicaid program$ Assuring optimal utilization of oral health professionals and publicly funded programs.