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Infrastructure Development Tools
Activity 5: Develop an Oral Disease Surveillance System
Monitoring the status of oral disease in a state抯 population is essential
for setting achievable objectives, as well as for planning, implementing,
and evaluating public health programs. It also is important for
illustrating the burden of oral disease and for gaining support and funding for the
state oral health program.
To develop a state oral health surveillance
system, oral health programs must assess the currently available assets, such as
data sources that already include an oral health component, and other state
resources and capacity that can be used to augment those of the oral health
program.
To develop a dedicated
oral health surveillance system:
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Capacity Building
Expectations for Oral Health Surveillance
(PDF�K)
Updated Guidelines for Evaluating Public Health Surveillance Systems.
MMWR, July 27, 2001;50(RR13):1�.
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Page last reviewed: October 29, 2008
Page last modified: August 27, 2007
Content source:
Division of Oral Health,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
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