ALTARUM INSTITUTE

Community Integration. We provide oral health curriculum training and resources to WIC staff and other community programs serving children to increase their ability to discuss oral health with clients and provide dental referrals... SmileConnect is an integrated oral health care model proven to increase the number of Medicaid-eligible children receiving preventive oral health care services, resources, and dental referrals. Created by nonprofit organization Altarum with funding from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, SmileConnect leads to better health outcomes for children and lower costs to states over the long term... A comprehensive approach to improving children's oral health