Open Wide: Oral Health Training for Health Professionals, a series of four modules designed by National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center to help health and early childhood professionals working in community settings (for example, Head Start, home visiting, and WIC staff) promote oral health in the course of promoting general health for infants, children, and their families.
This curriculum offers health and early childhood professionals information to help them prevent tooth decay, which still afflicts many U.S. children, especially children from families with low incomes, children in certain minority groups, and children with special health care needs. The modules present professionals with information about tooth decay, risk factors, and prevention; explain how to perform an oral health risk assessment and oral health screening; and highlight anticipatory guidance to share with parents.