Caring for the Oral Health Of Individuals
with Special Needs Course
This course is designed with three modules for three audiences:
1
Oral health professionals
2 Allied health professionals
3 Caregivers and individuals
Each module has five webinars with supporting documents.
These are the five webinars:
• Introduction: Defines individuals with special needs and
outlines the evaluation needed to develop an interprofessional
healthcare plan. Should be viewed before any other webinars to
appreciate the remaining webinars.
• Oral Health Basics: Provides a simplified overview of oral
disease and oral care basics. How to prevent oral disease, basic
oral hygiene practices, and the importance of oral health to
overall health are reviewed.
• Addressing medical complication in the oral care
plan: Provides overview of oral health and overall health
connection. Discusses modifications needed to address systemic
disease during oral care. Focus is on modifications in care, not on
understanding the medical complexities or disabilities.
• Non-Pharmacologic Behavior Management
Techniques:
Provides management techniques to overcome resistant and
aggressive behaviors. Discusses how to incorporate these
techniques in the oral care plan. Provides guidance on consent
issues associated with behavior management.
• Medical Immobilization and Protective
Stabilization (Mips) for Professionals:
Builds on the non-pharmacologic behavior management
techniques webinar that should be viewed before this webinar.
Discusses immobilization and stabilization techniques for use
during in office care and home care plans. Stresses how to safely
provide immobilization and stabilization during oral care.
Provides insight into how to share these techniques with direct
caregivers and individuals.
A list of learning objectives for each webinar is provided along
with questions and answers for continuing education purposes.
References found in each webinar are listed in a cumulative
bibliography.
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References
1. Special Care Dentistry Association, 2009 www.scda.org
2. Office of Child Development and Early Learning
2014-15. www.ocdelresearch.org
3. Lee and Somerman. “The Importance of Oral Health in
Comprehensive Health Care.” JAMA. July 24/31, 2018.
Vol 320, No. 4 pgs. 339-340.
4. “Applying Topical Fluoride Varnish in the Medical Office
Setting for Children.” Pennsylvania Medical Society. Feb.
12, 2018. https://www.pamedsoc.org/detail/article/
topical-fluoride-varnish.
5. Policy statement of the American Academy of Oral
Medicine. Adapted 2013, updated 2016. https://www.
aaom.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=arti
cle&id=108:medical-history&catid=24:clinical-practice-
statement
6. American Heart Association, 2020. https://www.heart.
org/en/health-topics/infective-endocarditis.
7. National Association for Down Syndrome, 2018. https://
www.nads.org/resources/facts-about-down-syndrome.
8. International Orthopaedics. 2006 Aug; 30(4): 284–289.
Published online 2006 Mar 7. doi: 10.1007/s00264-005-
0070-y. PMCID:PMC2532127 PMID: 16525818.
9. 30th Annual Special Care Dentistry Association Meeting.
“Caring for the Oral Health of the Individual with Special
Needs: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Care.” April 2018.
Alicia Risner-Bauman, DDS,
FADPD, DABSCD
Dr. Alicia earned her Doctorate in
Dentistry at the University of Iowa, has
a Diplomate from the American Board
Special Care Dentistry, and has a
Fellow from the Academy of Dentistry
for Persons with Disabilities. She served as PDA
representative to the ADA Council on Advocacy for Access
and Prevention, Chair of the PDA Access to Oral Health
Advisory Group, and served on the Board of Directors for
the Pennsylvania Coalition for Oral Health (PCOH), and as
the Special Needs Dentistry Consultant for the PA Head
Start Association. She is a member of the Health Advisory
Group for the Governor of PA. She has been an active
policy maker with the New York State Dental Association
and the NYS Special Care Dentistry Task Force. She worked
as an Assistant Professor at LECOM School of Dental
Medicine. She is currently practicing at a developmental
center for the New York State Office for People with
Developmental Disabilities. She has several publications
and a history of presentations relating to advocacy and
treatment for complex patients and access to care. She
continues to work as a dental consultant, educator, and
special needs advocate.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Dr. Alicia Risner-Bauman
495 Sawdey Rd., Horseheads, NY 14845
607-738-8097 | [email protected]