Welcome

Goals: What We Do

At the Children's Dental Health Project, our goals are:

  • To Prevent childhood tooth decay
  • To Promote solutions that are grounded in research
  • To Engage policymakers and other decision-makers in addressing inequities in oral health. Read more.

Mission: What We Envision

Founded in 1997, the Children’s Dental Health Project is a national non-profit organization with the vision of achieving equity in children’s oral health. Read more.

Future: How We Get There

On February 4th President Obama signed into law the reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, (CHIP) that for the first time addresses children’s oral health and dental care. Help us continue to expand dental care for children. Read more

What's New

Oral Health Knowledge Path Now Available Online

An electronic resource compiled by the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC) and the Maternal and Child Health Library...

CDHP Oral Health Policy Tool Guidebook

A two-part Policy Tool was developed collaboratively by the Division of Oral Health (DOH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC...

Children's Dental Health Project Founder and Chair Appointed to New Federal MACPAC

The Children’s Dental Health Project is pleased to announce Dr. Burton Edelstein has been appointed to the new federal Medicaid and CHIP...