Dental Health – Florida Department of Health

Florida Resources

Agency for Health Care Administration provides information on the Florida Medicaid Dental Program.

Florida Dental Association represents Florida’s dentists and has more than 8,100 members. 

Florida Association of Community Health Centers contains resources on dental services provided by Florida’s Qualified Health Centers.

Florida Dental Hygiene Association represents more than 12,000 Florida’s dental hygienists and provides continuing education to members and supports programs that inform other health care providers of the services offered by dental hygienists.

Federal Resources

Healthy People 2030 consists of goals and objectives to decrease oral diseases, increase access to preventative services and dental care, and improve dental public health infrastructure.  

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research is the federal  agency for research on dental, oral, and craniofacial health and disease.

U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services contains information on dental care coverage through Medicaid, Medicaid services utilization data, and oral health initiatives to improve the access of dental services.

U.S. National Library of Medicine contains general information on dental care and oral health diseases.

Dental Schools

Dental Organizations

American Association of Public Health Dentistry is a non-profit professional organization that provides a focus for meeting the challenges to improve the oral health of the public.

American Dental Association is the world’s largest and oldest national dental association with over 160,000 members, and promotes good oral health habits to the public while representing the dental profession.

Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors is a national non-profit organization representing the directors and staff of state public health agency programs for oral health.

Hispanic Dental Association provides service, education, advocacy, and leadership of overall health of Hispanic and other under-served communities.

National Dental Association promotes oral health among people of color, advocates for the needs of mentoring dental students of color, and raising the profile of our communities.

National Maternal and Child Health Oral Health Resource Center is a national center that contains oral health technical assistance, training, and resources for professionals who work with the maternal and child health population with the goal of improving oral health services to pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents, including those with special health care needs.

National Network for Oral Health Access provides resources and learning opportunities, collaboration, research and support in running effective oral health safety-net programs in order to improve the oral health of underserved populations. 

Rural Oral Health Information Hub provides information and resources on oral health in rural communities.