GHSU College of Dental Medicine Area Health Education Centers Dental Public Health
Community Outreach Loan Repayment Pediatric Dentistry Dentists for Della Teledentistry
2006 2012 Ben Massell Ben Massell Columbus Columbus Dalton Dalton Dublin(2 sites) Dublin (2 sites) Fulton County (8 sites) Fulton County (8 sites) Rome Rome Savannah (3 sites) Gracewood (Augusta) Good Samaritan (Atlanta) Good Samaritan (Cobb) Gainesville Whitefoord (4 schools) Vidalia
Georgia Community Based Dental Clinic Sites Public Health Clerkship Program 2012-2013 North Georgia Health District- Dalton Whitfield Good News Clinic Greene Warren Dental Clinic Northwest Georgia Health District Rome Good Samaritan Health Center of Cobb Fulton Co. Dept. of Health & Wellness (8 dental clinic sites) Floyd Hall Cobb DeKalb Fulton Richmond Richmond County Health Department (Associated w/ Dental school as occasional volunteer clinic site) East Central Regional Hospital Gracewood Campus Ben Massell Dental Clinic South Central Health District 2 dental clinic sites: Dublin (main site) & Good Samaritan Health Center of Atlanta Muscogee Laurens Eastman (one day per week) Whitefoord Community Program School-based Clinics (4 dental clinic sites) West Central Health District - Columbus Dodge Toombs Chatham East Georgia Healthcare Center Vidalia Clinic JC Lewis Health Center Georgia Regional Hospital Savannah Savannah Volunteer Dental Clinic General Dentistry - Private Practice Site
Georgia Oral Health Workforce Advancement Loan Repayment Dental Sites 2010-2012 Dentist MF DeKalb (Decatur, GA) DeKalb Dentist BA Spaulding & Henry Counties (Griffin and Hampton, GA) Henry Spalding Richmond Dentist EM Richmond (Augusta, GA) Dentist MA Spaulding & Henry Counties (Griffin and Hampton, GA) Harris Dentist AA Harris (Hamilton, GA) Chatham Dentist MY Chatham (Savannah, GA) Dentist ND Calhoun (Arlington, GA) Dentist CK Dougherty (Albany, GA) Dougherty Calhoun Tift Dentist JC Grady (Cairo, GA) Grady Dentist LW Tift (Tifton, GA)
AHEC Role To help find clinical clerkship locations To find affordable housing for students To introduce students to community
Site Selection for Student Clerkships Preference given to Dental Public Health Clinics Must have at least 2 dental units Must have at least 1FTE dentist Dentist must be eligible for GHSU adjunct faculty appointment Must see patients 4 ½ or 5 days/week Affordable housing available Clinic must provide Medicaid and/or Indigent care
14,000 12,000 10,974 11,567 12,321 10,000 8,000 9,075 6,000 4,000 2,000 3,747 0 Class of 2008 Class of 2009 Class of 2010 Class of 2011 Class of 2012
HRSA Grant 2006 HRSA Grant 2009 $150,000 total $600,000 total 2 dentists - $75,000@ 10 dentists $50,000 - >$51,000 of $75,000@ unreimbursed care >$483,500 of >12,500 patients tx. unreimbursed care >1500 patients tx. (to date)
Children s Hospital of Atlanta Resident Activity Dental Clinic and Operating Room Visits Total Resident Statistics for 2010 588 Resident Statistics for 2011 614 Resident Statistics for 2012 127 Total 1329
HRSA Grants to States to Support Oral Health Workforce Activities, Georgia Oral Health Workforce Advancement, $114,752.00 per year, 2006-2009. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Pipeline, Profession and Practice: Community-Based Dental Education, Georgia Dental Community Service Initiative $200,000, 2008. HRSA Grants to States to Support Oral Health Workforce Activities, "Addressing the Oral Health Needs of Georgia's Underserved: Loan Forgiveness and Student Clerkships" $1,500,000, 2009-2012.
Each month 30 dental students from all classes provide oral hygiene for 60-100 patients at the Georgia War Veterans Home Supported by: Mary Allen Branan Foundation Patterson Dental Supply Community Foundation of the CSRA
Each month 30 dental students provide oral hygiene and education for 60-100 patients Supported by: Mary Allen Branan Foundation Patterson Dental Supply Community Foundation of CSRA
To provide screening, preventive services and oral health education for students who may not have access to dental care
Teledentistry Triage Exams (since 9/09) Patients with obvious clinical caries: 585 (= 74.4%) Referrals to private practice: 536 (others had decay in primary teeth due to exfoliate soon and were not referred) Patients triaged: 786 Referrals to GHSU for operating room dental rehabilitation: 11