GHSU College Of Dental Medicine Area Health Education Centers

• GHSU College of Dental Medicine
• Area Health Education Centers
• Dental Public Health
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Community Outreach
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Loan Repayment
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Pediatric Dentistry
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Dentists for Della
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Teledentistry
2006
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Ben Massell
Columbus
Dalton
Dublin(2 sites)
Fulton County (8 sites)
Rome
2012
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Ben Massell
Columbus
Dalton
Dublin (2 sites)
Fulton County (8 sites)
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
Northwest Georgia
Health District – Rome
Good Samaritan
Health Center of Cobb
Whitfield
Good News Clinic –
Greene Warren Dental Clinic
Hall
Floyd
Richmond County Health Department
(Associated w/ Dental school as
occasional volunteer clinic site)
Cobb
DeKalb
Fulton
East Central Regional Hospital
–Gracewood Campus
Fulton Co. Dept. of
Health & Wellness
(8 dental clinic sites)
Richmond
South Central Health
District – 2 dental clinic sites:
Dublin (main site) &
Ben Massell Dental
Clinic
Good Samaritan Health
Center of Atlanta
Eastman (one day per week)
Muscogee
Laurens
Dodge
Whitefoord Community
Program School-based
Clinics
(4 dental clinic sites)
West Central Health
District - Columbus
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
Henry
Dentist BA
Spaulding & Henry
Counties (Griffin and
Hampton, GA)
Dentist MA
Spaulding & Henry
Counties (Griffin and
Hampton, GA)
Spalding
Dentist EM
Richmond (Augusta, GA)
Harris
Dentist AA
Harris (Hamilton, GA)
Dentist ND
Calhoun (Arlington, GA)
Richmond
Chatham
Dentist MY
Chatham (Savannah, GA)
Dougherty
Tift
Calhoun
Dentist CK
Dougherty (Albany, GA)
Dentist JC
Grady (Cairo, GA)
Grady
Dentist LW
Tift (Tifton, GA)
AHEC Role
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To help find clinical clerkship locations
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To find affordable housing for students
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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
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14,000
10,974
12,000
11,567
12,321
10,000
9,075
8,000
6,000
4,000
3,747
2,000
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Class of 2008
Class of 2009
Class of 2010
Class of 2011
Class of 2012
HRSA Grant 2006
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$150,000 total
2 dentists - $75,000@
>$51,000 of
unreimbursed care
>12,500 patients tx.
HRSA Grant 2009
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$600,000 total
10 dentists – $50,000 $75,000@
>$483,500 of
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.
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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)
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Patients with obvious clinical caries: 585 (= 74.4%)
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Referrals to private practice: 536 (others had decay
in primary teeth due to exfoliate soon and were not
referred)
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Patients triaged: 786
Referrals to GHSU for operating room dental
rehabilitation: 11