Reports

Healthy People, Healthy Smiles Assuring an Agenda for Action June 2012

Healthy Smiles Healthy Growth 2018‐19 An Assessment of Oral Health Status, Beverage Consumption and Body Mass Index of Third-grade Children in Illinois

Illinois Department of Public Health Data Brief  February 2020 The Oral Health and Body Mass Index of Illinois Third-Grade Children

Illinois Oral Health Plan IV: Eliminating Inequities in Oral Health (2021-2025)

"Children’s Access to Dental Care Affected by Reimbursement Rates, Dentist Density, and Dentist Participation in Medicaid"

Report from the American Journal of Public Health that assesses the relation between Medicaid reimbursement rates and access to dental care services in the context of dentist density and dentist participation in Medicaid in each state.

American Dental Association Health Policy Institute "Dentist Participation in Medicaid: How Should It Be Measured? Does It Matter?"

This report uses newly accessible data to measure dentist participation in Medicaid according to different metrics and compares results across states.

"A Pilot Study of Integration of Medical and Dental Care in 6 States"

This paper reports on the results of a pilot study to facilitate intradepartmental collaborations between state chronic disease and oral health programs.