Symposia & Meetings

June 2008 Symposium

Developing Comprehensive Oral Health Policy: Challenges and Opportunities for State Health Policymakers

A one-day symposium convened on Tuesday, June 17, 2008

As states are facing challenges in assuring access to oral health care, The Hilltop Institute sponsored its fifth day-long symposium to explore three major areas of policy innovation to improve access to and utilization of oral health care: integration of dental and medical service delivery; dental workforce issues; and health education and outreach strategies. The day was divided into four sessions and highlighted by a keynote address, a luncheon address, and concluding reflections. Over 130 policy makers, health services researchers, and health care practitioners from across the country participated in the event. For a summary of the day’s proceedings, click here.

Symposium Brochure

Speaker Biographies

Symposium Photos

<table cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:100%;"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tbody><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td colspan="4"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <span style="font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold;"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Keynote Session: The Bridge from Oral Health to Total Health: Building a Policy Framework <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </span><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td style="width:30%" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     Speaker:<br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     Commentator:</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td style="width:35%" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Burton Edelstein <br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Cindy Mann </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td style="width:35%" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr><td colspan="4"> </td></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td colspan="4"><span style="font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold;"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Session 1: The Bridge from Oral Health to Total Health: Policy Implications </span><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     Speakers:<br><br><br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     Moderator:</td> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> David Albert <br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Kim Boggess <br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Norman Tinanoff <br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Anna Sommers </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <a href="http://www.hilltopinstitute.org/Symposium/June_2008_Symposium/1-Albert.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation</a><br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <a href="http://www.hilltopinstitute.org/Symposium/June_2008_Symposium/1-Boggess.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation</a><br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <a href="http://www.hilltopinstitute.org/Symposium/June_2008_Symposium/1-Tinanoff.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation</a></td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr><td colspan="4" valign="top"> </td></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td colspan="4" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <span style="font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold;"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Session 2: Approaches to Integrating Dental and Medical Service Delivery for Children </span><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     Speakers:<br><br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     Moderator:</td> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Rebecca King <br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Russell Maier <br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Cynthia Woodcock </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <a href="http://www.hilltopinstitute.org/Symposium/June_2008_Symposium/2-King.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation</a><br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <a href="http://www.hilltopinstitute.org/Symposium/June_2008_Symposium/2-Maier.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation</a><br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td width="400" valign="top" align="right"><br></td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr><td colspan="4" valign="top"> </td></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td colspan="4" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <span style="font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold;">Luncheon Presentation: Achieving Access and Quality in Dental Care </span><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     Speaker:<br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Sara Rosenbaum <br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr><td colspan="4" valign="top"> </td></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td colspan="4" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <span style="font-weight: bold">Session 3: Increasing the Dental Workforce and Program Participation of Dental Providers </span><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     Speakers:<br><br><br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     Moderator:</td> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Allen Finkelstein <br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> David Nash <br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> James Crall <br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Michael Nolin <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <a href="http://www.hilltopinstitute.org/Symposium/June_2008_Symposium/3-Finkelstein.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation</a><br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <a href="http://www.hilltopinstitute.org/Symposium/June_2008_Symposium/DavidNash.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation</a><br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <a href="http://www.hilltopinstitute.org/Symposium/June_2008_Symposium/3-Crall.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation</a></td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr><td colspan="4" valign="top"> </td></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td colspan="4" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <span style="font-weight: bold">Session 4: Engaging Consumers and Providers: Education to Improve Access to Dental Services </span><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Speakers:<br><br><br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Moderator:</td> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Nicholas Mosca <br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Brooks Woodward <br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Mark Goldstein and Paul Westerberg <br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> David Idala <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <a href="http://www.hilltopinstitute.org/Symposium/June_2008_Symposium/4-Woodward.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation</a><br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <a href="http://www.hilltopinstitute.org/Symposium/June_2008_Symposium/4-Goldstein.pdf" target="_blank">Presentation</a></td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr><td colspan="4" valign="top"> </td></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td colspan="4" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <span style="font-weight: bold">Reflections</span><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     Conversant:<br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> Jack Dillenberg<br><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> <td valign="top"></td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </tr> <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> </tbody></table>