Medical-Dental Integration

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Medical-dental integration is an approach to care that integrates and coordinates dental medicine into primary care and behavioral health to support individual and population health. When medical-dental integration is successful, it can:

Increase communication and collaboration
Improve care quality through
- Better health outcomes
- Increased patient satisfaction
Reduce costs for the patient and the facility

Primary care, health centers, dental teams and others interested in developing a model of medical-dental integration should contact Cheri Kiefer at (701) 328-4930 with the Oral Health Program in the North Dakota Health and Human Services or review the Medical-Dental Integration Manual.

Standard Framework for Levels of Integrated Medical-Dental Health Care

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