Course: DPH 475 - Dental Public Health Lectures and Seminars
The Dental Public Health Lecture Series covers access to dental care, quality of dental care, community-based preventive dentistry, dental public health programs, evidence-based dental public health services and outcomes research. Postgraduate students will use the information to help fulfill the Dental Public Health Competencies for Dental Public Health Specialists. Specific content of each lecture will be topical and presented by invited guest lecturers from around California and the country.
For every hour of lecture contact time, two hours of student preparation time are expected. Students evaluated by written reports of each session attended.
- Ask questions of the presenter based on preliminary research on the dental public health topics to be presented.
- Identify which of the Dental Public Health Competencies are addressed by the lectures.
- Analyze the critical elements of the PowerPoint presentations used by the presenters for optimal communication of information and learning.
- Provide a comprehensive written review of each lecture and related background material as researched by the student.
Email to course director Dr. George Taylor within one week following the lecture.
Interested individuals may attend the seminars via Zoom video conference on selected Tuesdays, 10-12:00 p.m., PST.
Continuing Education Credit
Continuing education credits are available for participants. To claim them,
1) Complete the course evaluation form.
2) Pay $15.00 per quarter, regardless of how many seminars you attend (you may pay any time during the quarter): Fall Payment Form
*Pay the $15 fee ONLY if you are a U.S.-trained clinician and want CE credits
CE credits will be distributed approximately one month after the end of the quarter.
Please notify Dorian Hollis of phone or email address changes.
Fall 2024
November 18, 2024: Community Based Participatory Research
Michelle Henshaw, DDS, MPH - View bio | View slides | View recording
November 26, 2024: Oral Health Advancements: Update from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Natalia Chalmers, PhD, MHSc, DDS - View bio
Spring 2024
May 21, 2024: Evidence-based Public Health Practice
Robert Weyant, DrPH, DMD, MS - View bio | View slides | View recording
April 29, 2024: An Action Agenda on Racial Justice in Dental Public Health
Eleanor Fleming, PhD, DDS, MPH (view bio provided by Dr. Fleming) and Sarah Raskin, PhD, MPH (view bio)
View slides | View recording
April 22, 2024:
The Basics of Evidence-based Dentisty
Elliot Abt, DDS, MS, MSc- , View bio | , View slides | View recording
and
Evidence-based Public Health Practice
Robert Weyant, DrPH, DMD, MS - View bio | View slides | See May 21st for link to recording
*Note: Dr. Weyant's presentation stopped recording after a few minutes due to an internet interruption; encore presentation was presented on May 21, 2024
April 2, 2024: Understanding the Factors Shaping the Implementation of Ireland’s National Oral Health Policy
through a Workforce Lens
Dr. Paul Leavy, BDS, MSc (Dent Sci), MDPH, MFDS RCSEd, FPFA - View bio | View slides | View recording
Winter 2024
March 4, 2024: The Rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Academia
Sepideh Banava, DDS, MSc, MBA, MPH - View bio | View slides | View recording
Fall 2023
November 14, 2023: Current Challenges to Community Water Fluoridation
Howard Pollick, DDS, MPH - View bio | Slides | View recording
December 5, 2023: CariedAway™ A School-Based, Essential Dentistry, Cavity Prevention & Treatment Program
Richard Niederman, DMD - View bio | Slides | View recording
December 12, 2023: Dental Therapy: A Useful Addition to the Oral Health Workforce
Karl Self, DDS, MBA - View bio | View slides | View recording
Spring 2023
May 23, 2023: Noninvasive Caries Therapies by All Oral Health Team Members Improves Overall Health for All
Jeremy Horst Keeper, DDS, PhD - View bio | View slides | View recording
May 30, 2023: The Intersection of Diet and Dentistry in Public Health
Teresa Marshall, PhD, RD/LD - View bio | View slides | View recording
June 6, 2023: Apple Tree Dental: Community Collaborative Practice in Action
Michael Helgeson, DDS - View bio | View slides | View recording
Fall 2022
December 6, 2022: Healthy People 2030: Objectives to Improve the Nation’s Health
Gina Thornton-Evans, DDS, MPH - View bio | View slides | View recording
December 13, 2022: Addressing Children's Oral Health Disparities: My Crusade and Journey
Francisco Ramos-Gomez, DDS, MS, MPH - View bio | View slides | View recording
December 20, 2022: Quality Improvement in Health Center Dental Programs: Past, Present and Future
Irene Hilton, DDS, MPH, FACD - View bio | View slides | View recording
Spring 2022
CANCELLED - Rescheduled for Dec 6, 2022
May 24, 2022: Healthy People 2030
Gina Thornton-Evans, DDS, MPH - View bio
May 31, 2022: Value-based Oral Health Care
Bob Russell, DDS, MPH, MPA, CPM, FACD, FICD - View bio | View slides | View recording part 1 | View recording part 2
Winter 2022
January 11, 2022: Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges
Bruce Dye, DDS, MPH - View bio | View slides | View recording
Fall 2021
November 16, 2021: Immigrant Acculturation and Children's Dental Services Utilization
Christopher Okunseri, BDS, MSc, MLS, DDPHRCSE, FFDRCSI - View bio | View slides | View recording
November 23, 2021: Pushing the Boundaries: My Journey in Public Health
Bob Russell, DDS, MPH, MPA, CPM - View bio | View slides | View recording
November 30, 2021: Examples of Oral Health Programs from California: View recording
A. Improving Oral Health Access for Underserved Children in California: Results of Sonoma's Dental Transformation Initiative Pilot Project - Kimberley Caldeway, PA, MPH - View bio | View slides
B. Alameda County's Dental Care Coordination System Increased Access to and Utilization of Dental Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries
Suhaila Khan, MD, MPH, PhD - View bio | View slides
Shakalpi Pendurkar, DDS, MPH, FICD, FACD View bio
C. Dental Provider Community of Practice: Needs and Progress in California's Alameda County
Kristin Hoeft, PhD, MPH - View bio | View slides
Jared Fine, DDS, MPH - View bio | View slides
D. Supporting Local Oral Health Programs: California Oral Health Technical Assistance Center (COHTAC)
Kristin Hoeft, PhD, MPH - View bio | View slides
December 7, 2021: Race, Ethnicity and Racism in Oral Health
Luisa N. Borrell, DDS, PhD - View bio | View slides | View recording
Spring 2021
May 11, 2021: Why Racism is Important for Dental Public Health
Patrick Smith, DMD, MPH - View bio | View slides | View recording
May 25, 2021: The Case for Inclusion of a Dental Benefit in Medicare
Judith Jones, DDS, MPH, DScD - View bio | View slides | View recording
June 1, 2021: Access, Utilization and Outcomes of Endodontic Therapy in a Pediatric Population
Lorel E. Burns, DDS, MS - View bio | View slides | View recording
Winter 2021
Jan. 12, 2021: The Oral Physician and Integration with Primary Care in the Public
Brian Swann, DDS, MPH - View bio
Alec S. Eidelman, DMD, MPH - View bio
Caleb Tam, MS, DDS - View bio
View slides | View recording *recording starts on slide #4-please see slide deck for title page and agenda
Jan. 19, 2021: Patients as Partners in Promoting Quality and Safety at the Dental Officehttps://ucsf.box.com/s/xev9cj2g0esku83eriwn1wieer1fov36
Eni Obadan-Udoh, DDS, MPH, Dr. Med. Sc. - View bio | View slides | View recording
March 16, 2021: Impacts of Drug-use Patterns and Dental Care Access on Caries Severity Amongst Patients with Methamphetamine-use Disorder
Ronni Brown, DDS, MPH - View bio | View slides | View recording
Fall 2020
Oct. 27, 2020: Oral Health Disparities Over Time
Gina Thornton-Evans, DDS, MPH - View bio | View slides | View recording
Nov. 10, 2020: Engaging Dental Practices in Clinical Research and Dissemination: Lessons and Future Direction for the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network
Jeffrey Fellows, PhD - View Bio | View slides | View recording
Dec. 8, 2020: Mothers' Social Networks and Child Oral Health Outcomes in Northern Appalachia
Jacqueline Burgette, DMD, PhD - View bio | View slides | View recording
Spring 2020
May 5, 2020: Looking Back, To the Sides, and Forward - Lessons Learned
Caswell Evans, DDS, MPH - View bio | View slides | View video presentation
May 19, 2020: Integrating Dentistry & Oral Health into Primary Care
Kathryn Atchison, DDS, MPH - View bio | View slides | View video presentation |
CDC funded medical-dental integration
June 2, 2020: Oral Cavity & Pharyngeal Cancer Trends and Disparities in the U.S.
Darien Weatherspoon, DDS, MPH - View bio | View slides | View video presentation
Winter 2020
Jan. 28, 2020: A History of Water Fluoridation in California: Lessons Learned
Ernest Newbrun, DMD, PhD, Professor Emeritus, UCSF
View bio | View slides | View presentation
Feb. 25, 2020: CA Oral Health Plan: It's Development, Implementation, and Evaluation
Jay Kumar, DDS, MPH, State Dental Director, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotions, California Dept of Public Health - View bio
Rosanna Jackson - View bio
Joanna Aalboe, RDH, MPH - View bio
Shannon Conroy, PhD, MPH - View bio
View slides | View presentation
March 3, 2020: Oral Health Screening and Surveillance in Children and Older Adults
Kathy Phipps, DrPH - View bio | View slides | View presentation
Fall 2019
Sept. 24, 2019: Healthy Teeth, Healthy Communities:
Alameda County’s Systems Approach to the Dental Transformation Initiative
Suhaila H. Khan, MD, MPH, PhD
Jared Fine, DDS, MPH - View Khan bio | View Fine bio | View slides | View presentation
Nov. 19, 2019: The Virtual Dental Home: Impact on Oral Health for Vulnerable Groups and on Oral Health Policy
Paul Glassman, DDS, MA, MBA - View bio | View slides | View presentation
November 26, 2019: Dental Therapy: Growing State Activity and the Evidence Base for Improving Access to Care among the Under-served
Jane Koppleman, BA, MA - View bio | View slides | View presentation
Dec. 3, 2019: Non-traumatic Dental Conditions and Emergency Department Visits
Astha Singhal, BDS, MPH, PhD - View bio | View slides | View presentation
Spring 2019
May 21, 2019: Caries in California
Howard Pollick, BDS, MPH
View COHNAC Training Manual 8/26/93 | View Oral Health Needs Assessment of Children 1993-1994
View Dental Caries Survey: Who, What, How 1955
View slides | View presentation
May 7, 2019: Dental Public Health: Approaches for Thailand
Patcharawan (Pat) Srisilapanan, DDS, MS, PhD
View slides
April 30, 2019: Fluoridation Facts
Howard Pollick, BDS, MPH
View slides | Listen to audio presentation
Fall 2018
Dec. 4, 2018: Oral Health America
Bianca Rogers
View slides
Nov. 27, 2018: Dental Therapy in Minnesota: Lessons for the Future
Leon Assael, DMD
View slides
Oct. 30, 2018: Oral Health Advocacy Toolkit
Vinodh Bhoopathi, BDS, MPH, DScD
Matt Jacob
View slides | View presentation
Spring 2018
June 12, 2018: Evidence-based ECC Prevention: "My Crusade and My Journey"
Francisco Ramos-Gomez, DDS, MS, MPH
View slides | View presentation
June 5, 2018: A School-based Public Health Model to Reduce Oral Health Disparities
Rebecca Dudovitz, MD, MS
View slides | View presentation
May 22, 2018: A Healthy Smile Never Gets Old: A California Report on the Oral Health of Older Adults
Sahiti Bhaskara, BDS, MPH
View slides | View presentation
Winter 2018
March 13, 2017: Assessment of Impact of AB 1433 Oral Health Kindergarten Assessment Law in California
Mimansa Cholera, MPH
View slides
Feb. 27, 2017: Non-cigarette Tobacco Use: New & Emerging Trends with Implications for Tobacco Control & Oral Health
Benjamin Chaffee, DDS, MPH, PhD
View slides
Jan. 23, 2017: How to be Successful in Publishing in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry
Robert Weyant, MS, DMD, DrPH
View slides
Fall 2017
Dec. 12, 2017: Alameda County LDPP: Creating Connected Care
Baharak Amanzadeh, DDS, MPH
View slides
Dec. 5, 2017: Prop 56: Defeating Big Tobacco and What it Means for Oral Health
Gayle Mathé, RDH
Jay Kumar, DDS, MPH
Todd Roberson
View slides
Oct. 31, 2017: Baby Teeth Matter: Oral Health Collaborative
Bonnie Bruerd, DrPH
View slides
Oct. 24, 2017: The Evolving Pipeline of Hispanic Dentists in the United States
Beth Mertz, PhD, MA
Zeeshan Raja, BDS, MPH
Cynthia Wides, MA
Aubri Kottek, MPH
View slides
Oct. 10, 2017: Healthy People 2020, the Oral Health Topic Area
Gina Thornton-Evans, DDS, MPH
View slides
Spring 2017
June 13, 2017: Parent Refusal of Fluoride: a Growing Threat to Caries Prevention?
Donald L. Chi, DDS, PhD
View slides
June 6, 2017: Trends in Emergency Dept. Utilization for Dental and Oral Health Related Conditions
Natalia Chalmers, DDS, PhD
View slides
May 30, 2017: Are You Ready to Advocate for Community Water Fluoridation?
Howard Pollick, BDS, MPH
View slides
Winter 2017
March 14, 2017: The DentaQuest Foundation: Supporting System Change
Caswell Evans, DDS, MPH
View slides
March 7, 2017: Dental Deserts of the Los Angeles County Safety Net Dental Clinics, Using GIS Maps
Maritza Cabezas, DDS, MPH
View slides
Feb. 28, 2017: Building a Community Dental Health Network
Kim Caldewey, PA, MPH
View slides
Fall 2016
Dec. 13, 2016: Dental Public Health Competencies & Curriculum for Predoctoral Dental & Dental Hygiene Program
Kathryn Atchison, DDS, MPH
View presentation
Nov. 29, 2016: Developing Dental Public Health Competencies for the 21st Century Specialist
Ana Karina Mascarenhas, BDS, MPH, DrPH
View slides
Nov. 22, 2016: Political Determinants of Added Sugars Over-consumption
Cristin Kearns, DDS, MBA
View presentation
Nov. 15, 2016: Lessons Learned from the Votes on Taxing Sugar Sweetened Beverages
Jared Fine, DDS, MPH; Diane Woloshin, MS, RD
View slides
Spring 2016
May 24, 2016: Evolving Delivery Models for Dental Care Services in Long-term Care Studies: Four State Case Studies
Beth Mertz, PhD, MA; Cynthia Wides, MA
View presentation
May 10, 2016: Early Childhood Caries in American Indian Children: Disparities and Prevention Intervention
Tamanna Tiwari, MPH, MDS, BDS
View presentation
April 26, 2016: Evidence-based Consensus Conferences and Their Potential Value to Healthcare Providers and Policy Makers
Gary Armitage, DDS, MS
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April 12, 2016: Public Health, Public Perspective, Public Policy: The Online Influence of "Social Proof"
Brittany Seymour, DDS, MPH
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Winter 2016
March 1, 2016: Medicaid Dental Coverage Alone May Not Lower Rates of Dental Emergency Department Visits
Kathryn Fingar, PhD, MPH; Maria Raven, MD. MPH
http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/34/8/1349.full.html
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Feb. 16, 2016: Silver Diamine Fluoride: UCSF Protocol for Caries Arrest Using Silver Diamine Fluoride
Jeremy Horst, DDS, MS, PhD; Hellene Ellenikiotis, DDS
http://www.cda.org/Portals/0/journal/journal_012016.pdf pages 17-28
View presentation
Feb. 9, 2016: e-Cigarettes
Stanton Glantz, PhD
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Jan. 26, 2016: State OH Program Workforce Capacity Development — New Strategies Needed
Beverly Isman, RDH, MPH, ELS (presenter 1); Samantha Jordan, DMD, MPH (presenter 2); Harry Goodman, DMD, MPH (presenter 3)
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Spring 2015
May 12, 2015: San Francisco Children's Oral Health Strategic Plan 2014-2017
Lisa Chung, DDS, MPH, Division of Oral Epidemiology & Dental Public Health, UCSF
Margaret Fisher, RDHAP, BS, Child Health & Disability Prevention Program and CHDP Child Care Health, SF Department of Public Health
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April 21, 2015: A State of Decay
Dora Fisher, MPH, Program Director, Older Adults, Oral Health America
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April 14, 2015: Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2015
Erica Solway, PhD, MSW, MPH, former policy adviser to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
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Winter 2015
Feb. 10, 2015: “School-Based Oral Health Programs Operated by Health Centers”
Irene V. Hilton DDS, MPH, Dental Consultant, National Network for Oral Health Access
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Jan. 20, 2015: “Public Health Innovation: From Concept to Legislation to Value-based Incentives”
DentaQuest Institute Sponsored Report on A Vision for the U.S. Oral Health System in 2023
Paul Glassman, DDS, MA, MBA
Professor of Dental Practice; director, Oral Community Health; and director, Pacific Center for Special Care, University of the Pacific
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Jan. 13, 2015: ADA Health Policy Institute Reports on Dental Care Utilization, Dental Benefits, Supply of Dentists, and Medicaid Fees
Marko Vujicic, PhD, Chief Economist and Vice President, Health Policy Institute
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