INTERNET SITES

 

Associations

General Dental Hygiene/Dentistry Sites

Teaching Sites

Dental Research/Evidence-Based Health Care Sites

 

 

Associations

 

Massachusetts Dental Hygienists' Association (MDHA)

http://www.massdha.org

 

American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA)

http://www.adha.org

 

American Dental Association (ADA)

http://www.ada.org

 

Dental Related Organizations and Associations

http://www.iusd.iupui.edu/depts/lib/associations.htm

An extensive list of dental associations; compiled by Indiana University School of Dentistry Library.

 

 General Dental Hygiene/Dentistry Sites

 

CDC Oral Health Resources

http://www.cdc.gov/OralHealth/index.htm

From the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Oral Health.

 

Consumer Oriented Dental/Oral Health Links

http://www.iusd.iupui.edu/depts/lib/Consumer_Page.htm

A list of dental health links for adults; compiled by Indiana University School of Dentistry Library.

 

Dental Care – NOAH

http://www.noah-health.org/en/dentistry/index.html

A consumer health oriented site comprised of links to high quality information about dental care related subjects. Compiled and maintained by NOAH (New York Online Access to Health); Recommended by the Medical Library Association.

 

Dental Hygiene and Dental Technology

http://www.lib.siu.edu/resources/dental

A list of links compiled by Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

 

Dental Hygiene Education

http://www.dhed.net/dhlinks.htm#Top

An extensive list of Dental Hygiene related links compiled by Margaret J. Fehrenbach, RDH, MS.

 

Dental/ Oral Health Links

http://www.iusd.iupui.edu/depts/lib/dentallinks.htm

An extensive list of links compiled by Indiana University School of Dentistry Library.

 

Dental Resource Net

http://www.dentalcare.com/contents.htm

A peer reviewed site sponsored by Crest (Proctor & Gamble); Includes news, continuing education materials, patient education resources, a section for Dental Hygiene professionals; a portal to other dental related sites.

 

Dental Resources: Dental Hygiene and Dental Assisting

http://www.rio.maricopa.edu/services/student/support/library/elib/dental.shtml

Sites compiled by the Library and Information Center at Rio Salado College, Maricopa County Community College.

 

Dentalsite.com

http://www.dentalsite.com/hygienists

Resources for dental hygienists.

 

Hardin MD: Oral Diseases/ Dental Hygiene

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/dent.html

A reviewed list of dental related links. Compiled and maintained by the Hardin Library of the Health Sciences, University of Iowa.

 

MEDLINEplus  

http://medlineplus.gov  

Links to authoritative, reliable, current information on various health topics; Also links to directories, drug information, organizations, other health care related databases;  Good information for patients; English and Spanish; Provided by the National Library of Medicine.

 

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center  (OHRC)

http://www.mchoralhealth.org/default.html  

Provides information to help address public oral health issues for infants, children, adolescents, and their families; Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

 

NIDCR (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)

http://www.nidcr.nih.gov

Find oral health information, clinical trials, statistics and data, news, and research information; From the NIH.

 

WHO Oral Health

http://www.who.int/oral_health/en/ 

Site of the WHO Global Oral Health Programme; Find information about their policies, strategies for oral health care, other oral health information, databases, news.

 

WHO Oral Health Country/Area Profile Programme

http://www.whocollab.od.mah.se/index.html 

Information on dental diseases and oral health services for various countries/ areas. From the World Health Organization.

 

Your Dental Health: a Guide for Patients and Families

http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/dentalhealth.html

A resource guide for dental health consumers from Healthnet: Connecticut Consumer Health Information Network, Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, University of Connecticut Health Center.

 

The Maternal and Child Health Library, Georgetown University 

http://www.mchlibraryinfo/KnowledgePaths/kp_oralhealth.html

The knowledge path contains sections with resources for professionals, resources for consumers, and resources on specific aspects of oral health. Topics include child care and Head Start, dental sealants, early childhood caries, fluoride varnish, K-12 education, pregnancy, school-based care, school evaluation mandates, and special health care needs.

 

 

 

Teaching Sites

 

Dentalwisdom.com

http://www.dentalwisdom.com/  

Includes some patient teaching aids and flash format anatomy for dental professionals; Constructed by Dr. S.J. Nangle.

 

Medical Images & Illustrations: Dentistry and Oral Health

http://www.mic.ki.se/MEDIMAGES.html#DentistryandOralHealth   

A collection of links to dental related images compiled by the Karolinska Institutet.

 

OralPath.com

http://www.oralpath.com/  

A reference site for oral pathology topics, people, places, and links; Sponsored by the Maxillofacial Center for Education & Research, Morgantown, WV.

 

PTHL 312abc: Pathology and Medicine

http://www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/PTHL312abc/

Developed by William Crawford, DDS, & the University of Southern California School of Dentistry; designed for dental hygiene students.

 

Student Cases for Dental Hygiene Education

http://www.dhed.net/cases.html

A list of over 200 web sites of student case materials from Margaret J. Fehrenbach, RDH, MS.

 

 

Dental Research/ Evidence-Based Health Care Sites

 

Centre for Evidence-Based Dentistry (CEBD)

http://www.cebd.org

An independent body whose aim is to promote evidence-based dentistry worldwide; Affiliated with the Institute of Health Sciences. University of Oxford.

 

The Community Guide – Oral Health Task Force on Community Preventive Services

http://www.thecommunityguide.org/oral/default.htm  

Evidence-based recommendations for programs and policies to promote population health; Developed by the Task Force on Community Preventive Services; Sponsored by the CDC’s National Center for Health Marketing and the Community Guide Partners.

 

Diagnosis and Management of Dental Caries (Bibliography)     

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive//20061214/pubs/cbm/dental_caries.html

Covers citations published January 1980 through December 2000. Prepared by Martha Glock, Alice M. Horowitz, and Maria T. Canto. Part of the Current Bibliographies in Medicine series (NLM), Number 2001-1.

 

National Center for Dental Hygiene Research

http://www.usc.edu/hsc/dental/dhnet

From the University of Southern California.

 

 

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