Oral Health Needs Assessment

Toolkit for conducting oral health surveys The toolkit, developed by the Office of the Chief Dental Officer, is in modules and is based on the oral health survey section of the Canadian Health Measures Survey. Practitioners can choose the modules that fit into the survey that they wish to conduct. A checklist for development and implementation of an oral health survey WHO - Oral Health Surveys - Basic Methods (5th edition, 2013)

Community Program Planning

Menu of Community Preventive Programs These documents describe various dental preventive programs that can be offered at the community level. Each program is described in detail and includes the supporting evidence, the pros and cons, suggestions for human resources and the accompanying protocols. Menu Protocols Quick Reference Evidence

Best Practices

The Public Health Agency of Canada website houses the Canadian Best Practices Portal, which has an Oral Health component containing an Oral Health Promotion topic (Data, Strategies, Guidance & Systematic reviews of the Research) and Oral Health Best Practices.

Strategies and Frameworks

Following are the most recent, currently active, oral health strategies and frameworks of various Canadian jurisdictions. Canadian Oral Health Framework - 2013-18 Brushing up on Oral Health - Northwest Territories 2014 Healthy Smiles for Life - BC’s First Nations and Aboriginal Oral Health Strategy 2014 Healthy Teeth, Healthy Lives: Inuit Oral Health Action Plan 2013 Teeth for Life - The First Nations Oral Health Strategy

Surveys

Canadian Health Measures Survey - Oral Health Section (Technical report) Inuit Oral Health Survey - 2011

Environmental Scans

Public dental programs are constantly changing, so information on government websites takes precidence over these scans. A scan of the federal, provincial and territorial public dental programs - 2015 version A scan of cleft lip and palate orthodontic programs (2008) in the provinces and territories.