Practice Start-Up and Management

Dental Safety Net Clinic Manual

This manual is an excellent resource intended to assist oral health professionals with implementing a safety net dental clinic from the ground up. Links to sample policies, budget worksheets, design tips, equipment photographs, and Web sites are also included. This site also includes a comprehensive guide to starting a mobile dental clinic.

Portable Dental Clinic Manual

Modeled after the Dental Safety Net Clinic Manual, this resource focuses on start-up operations of a mobile or portable dental clinic.

The National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA)

The National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA) is a nationwide network of dental providers who care for patients in Migrant, Homeless and Community Health Centers. The NNOHA Web site is a collection of information, contacts and resources including dental safety net start-up manuals and patient education resources.

Dental Care Models that Made It

Three dental projects funded by VHCF have proven to be cost effective, successful at meeting primary dental care needs, capable of sustaining themselves and replicable. VHCF encourages interested communities to consider replicating these Models That Made It. 

Click here for more information on VHCF dental care Models that Made It, including application guidelines and replication guidebooks.

Ohio Oral Health Summit Presentation

Anthem Foundation of Ohio’s Oral Health Capacity Building Project is creating a clinical assessment to help Ohio dental safety net clinics with sustainability issues.  This power point (prepared by John Neal, DDS and Bob Ellis, MBA) is a comprehensive look at some of the findings so far.  It includes tips to determine sliding scale fees and other helpful resources.