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Our Purpose
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.
Our Vision
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.
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.
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