Community Dental Health Coordinators
Mark Koday DDSChief Dental Officer- Yakima Valley Farm Workers ClinicDirector- Northwest Dental ResidencyPartner- Dental Quality Consulting LLC
MiQuel McRae RDHCommunity Dental Health CoordinatorTooth BUDDS Founder
Imagine a World Where You’ve Solved the Access Problem
The Yakima County Story
Yakima Co. Oral Health Statistics 3-5yr Olds
*Untreated decay @ state level was 17%
How can This Happen With Full Access?
The Current Access Paradigm is Financially Unsustainable
7.8 Million dollars average per year for treating the 0-5 year old population in Yakima County- Washington Health Care Authority data
We’ve Achieved Access But Still Failed the Populations We Serve!!!
What’s wrong?Drill and fill mind set-failure to stop the diseaseOnly partial medical/ dental integrationRisk assessment without risk follow-up32% of the Medicaid eligible children did not see a dentist once in the past year No real preventionNo case management
The Community Dental Health Coordinator-The Missing Piece
Bringing Understanding of Dental Disease to Schools
501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization EIN 81-4460839
I. Marketing Plan
II. Management Plan
III. Financial Plan
IV. Strategic Plan
The assignments required in the CDHC program were directly integrated into this plan-------->
GRANTS
Logistics Model
Solomon Elementary School Grades K-52017 2018
% of children with decay 69% 30%# of teeth with decay 193 76
…one bite at a time!
Contact Information
MiQuel McRae RDH
928-965-1534
toothbudds.com
Mark Koday DDS
(509) 949-2278 [email protected]
Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic-http://www.yvfwc.com/
Northwest Dental Residency http://www.yvfwc.com/join-our-team/residency-programs/northwest-dental-residency
Dental Quality Consulting LLC-http://dentalqualityconsulting.com/