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Promoting equitable, culturally appropriate and affordable
oral health care for everyone living in the United States.

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Our mission is to support and promote evidence-informed policy and practices that will eliminate inequities in oral health.

Examples of such policies and practices include community water fluoridation, the use of dental sealants and silver diamine fluoride, the inclusion of fully funded comprehensive oral health benefits in Medicare and Medicaid, and the addition of dental therapists to the oral healthcare provider team.

The National Coalition of Dentists for Health Equity (NCDHE) is a group of dentists and other like-minded individuals with extensive experience in oral health policy, dental public health, oral health research, and dental education who are relentlessly working for universal oral health care.

We believe every resident of the United States has a right to equitable culturally appropriate oral health care.

Our vision is that the American health care system will one day provide equitable opportunity for all persons to attain optimal medical, oral, mental, vision and hearing health status.

Meet our board members

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(NCDHE) responds to the September 26 ADA PRESS RELEASE on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) DENTAL THERAPY MODEL LEGISLATION.

Position Statements

Health Equity

The National Coalition of Dentists for Health Equity (NCDHE) Position Statement for Social and Racial Justice in Oral Health (Approved February 26, 2021)

Medicare

What’s Missing in Medicare: The Social Justice and Cost-Saving Rationales for Adding Dental Coverage to Medicare

Dental Therapy

Dental Therapy: Expanding the dental team to improve access to dental care and diversify the dental workforce.

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NCDHE joins Community Catalyst, the National Indian Health Board Tribal Oral Health Initiative and the American Dental Therapy Association as a Co-Sponsor of the National Partnership for Dental Therapy, a partnership dedicated to elevating the visibility and broad, multi-sectorial support for dental therapy.
Dentist Office

Help NCDHE spread the awareness of dental therapy and dental health equity.

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