PART D - Dental Programs

Funding of services and of education and training for oral health providers are key program elements. Eligible applicants for both programs include institutions that have dental or dental hygiene education programs accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (e.g., dental schools, hospitals with postdoctoral dental residency programs, and community colleges with dental hygiene programs).

View the 2008 dental rosters and award amounts.

The DRP, first funded in 1994, assists institutions with accredited dental or dental hygiene education programs by defraying their unreimbursed costs associated with providing oral health care to people with HIV. Institutions that participate in the DRP report that unreimbursed costs of care continue to rise.

Summary of 2008 DRP awards

• 64 applicants were eligible for funding.
• Award recipients are located in 22 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
  
• Grantees trained over 12,000 dental students and postdoctoral dental residents in HIV oral health care, providing oral health services to over 36,000 HIV positive patients.
  
• 18 award recipients (28%) are predoctoral dental education programs; 44 (69%) are postdoctoral dental education programs; and 2 (3%) are dental hygiene education programs.
  
• 47 award recipients (73%) reported some collaboration with other Ryan White-funded programs.
  
• 47 dental programs (73%) reported that their parent institutions were recipients of other Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funds (for other than oral health care): [32 received Part A funds, 18 received Part B, 19 received Part C, 13 received Part D, 8 received SPNS, and 12 received AETC funds.] Additionally, 9 applicant programs received RW Community-Based Dental Partnership grant funding.
  
• Total non-reimbursed costs reported: $ 24,467,304.00.
  
• Total amount awarded: $ 8,473,612.00.
  
• Median grant award: $ 61,470.07.
  
• Applicants received 34.63 percent of their reported non-reimbursed costs incurred in providing care during the period July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
  

• Increasing access to oral health care for people with HIV
• Providing dental and dental hygiene students and postdoctoral dental residents with training in the management of oral health care for people with HIV
• Supporting the training of the next generations of oral health providers to enable them to manage the oral health needs of people with HIV.

Summary of the 2008 CBDPP Awards

• 12 grantees received funding.
  
• Grantees are located in 11 states.
  
• Grantees trained over 2,200 dental students and postdoctoral dental residents in HIV oral health care, providing oral health services to over 4,700 HIV positive patients.
  
• 10 grantees (83%) are predoctoral dental education programs; and 2 (17%) are postdoctoral dental education programs.
  
• 11 grantees (92%) reported some collaboration with other Ryan White-funded programs.
  
• 11 dental programs (92%) reported that their parent institutions were recipients of other Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funds (for other than oral health care): [6 received Part A funds, 4 received Part B, 5 received Part C, 2 received Part D, 3 received SPNS, and 5 received AETC funds.] Additionally, 9 grantees received Ryan White Dental Reimbursement Program funding.