California Dental Association

Antibiotic Prophylaxis (Pre-med)

• JADA, Prevention of Infective Endocarditis: Guidelines from the American Heart Association, June 2007
• AHA Infective Endocarditis Wallet Card
• American Dental Association, Antibiotics: Your Heart and Joints

Cancer Patients

These sites provide information targeted separately for patients and healthcare providers. Both sites also provide information in Spanish.

• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
• National Cancer Institute

Community Dental Clinics

A master list of community clinics located in California is not available. Each of these sites below have assembled its list based on a different criteria.

• CDA – List of Clinics Providing Low-Cost Dental Services
• University of the Pacific – Community Capacity Study
• California Primary Care Association – Find a Clinic
• US Dept. of Health and Human Services – Find a Health Center

Cone Beam Computed Tomography

• ADA Advisory Statement 2012
• AOE/AAOMR Statement
• FDA Guidance on Dental CBCT
• Intersocietal Accreditation Commission

Dental

• ADA's Center for Evidenced Based Dentistry
• CDA Guidelines for the Assessment of Clinical Quality & Professional Performance (member log-in required)
• ADA Dental Practice Parameters
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
• National Guideline Clearinghouse
• Cochrane Collaboration Reviews

Dental Amalgam

The FDA site includes information on benefits and risks, alternatives, and a link to the 2009 "White Paper: FDA Update/Review of potential Adverse Health Risk Associated with Exposure to Mercury in Dental Amalgam."

• Food & Drug Administration

Drugs & Supplements, Clinical Information

• MedLine Plus - provided by the United States Pharmacopeia
• National Library of Medicine
• PDR Health - from the publishers of Physicians' Desk Reference

Endodontic Treatment

• Case Assessment
• American Association of Endodontics Guidelines and Position Statements
• Treament Planning Options

Fluoride and Fluoridation

• ADA - Fluoride Supplements
• ADA - Fluoride Facts
• ADA - Clinical Recommendations
• CDA Issues and Policies
• California Department of Public Health
• Centers for Disease Control

 

Health History Forms in Various Languages

• UOP Dugoni School of Dentistry