American Association of Public Health Dentistry

3085 Adlai Stvenson Dr. #200
Springfield IL 62703
217-529-6941
www.aaphd.org

AAPHD membership is open to all individuals concerned with improving the oral health of the public.AAPHD accepts the challenge to improve total health for all citizens through the development and support of effective programs of oral health promotion and disease prevention.

Mission and Strategic Plan Mission: To provide leadership in ensuring optimal oral health for individuals and communities.

Goals/Objectives:

Goal 1: Develop partnerships with members and stakeholders that have an interest in public health dentistry.

Objective 1-1: Convene symposia in collaboration with other stakeholders.

Objective 1-2: Develop 1-2 strategic and influential partnerships to advance the oral health of the public.

Goal 2: Translate evidence into policies and programs.

Objective 2-1: Through strategic partnerships, develop scientific resources to enhance the evidence-base,

develop policy and promote dissemination of the science of public health dentistry.

Objective 2-2: Create a research agenda to promote the science of public health dentistry.

Goal 3: Develop talent & leadership in the field of public health dentistry.

Objective 3-1: Develop training and educational programs in public health dentistry.

Objective 3-2: Advocate for, and utilize, resources to promote dental public health education.

Objective 3-3: Disseminate the dental public health curriculum to dental hygiene, dental

and residency programs.

The American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD), founded in 1937, focuses upon addressing the public health challenges to oral health at the population level. Its open membership for everyone who seeks improvement in oral health of the general public. supports developing and supporting effective programs of oral health promotion and disease prevention. It is headquartered in Springfield, Illinois.

Public health dentistry is defined as by TheFreeDictionary.com as "that specialty of dentistry concerned with the prevention and control of dental diseases and promotion of oral health through organized community efforts."

The American Association of Public Health Dentistry was founded in 1937. AAPHD publishes a newsletter for AAPHD members and a journal, the Journal of Public Health Dentistry. It offers online continuing education courses for public health dentists in oral health literacy, dental public health policy and advocacy, and professional dental ethics.

Since October 2014, Julie Frantsve-Hawley, PhD, has been the Executive Director of AAPHD. She had been with American Dental Association before and had edited journals in evidence-based dentistry.

Each year it plans a National Oral Health Conference® (NOHC) in the United States, which next will be held from April 16–18, 2018 in Louisville, Kentucky.

AAPHD student chapters are found in major US dental schools.

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American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD)

American Student Dental Association (ASDA)

Asian Dental Student Organization (ADSO)

Hispanic Student Dental Association (HSDA)

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