The training modules listed below were developed to help health care providers learn about the role of oral health in promoting quality of life for older adults, and about a simple model and set of tools and techniques that can be used to enhance oral health for older adults. Each module contains didactic information about its associated topic. The modules on the Oral Health Assessment Tool (OHAT) and the Oral Health Care Plan (OHCP) contains interactive practice exercises to help you learn to use these tools.

Within the modules on the OHAT and OHCP, there are also links to printable copies of these tools. Viewing and printing these tools requires the free Adobe Reader. If you do not have the Adobe Reader, please click the button to the right to download it.

The modules are intended to be usable in any order. Click on the title of any module to begin the module.

This Best Practice Oral Health Model and training program was developed by Jane Chalmers, BDSc, MS, PhD, Associate Professor in the University of Iowa College of Dentistry's Geriatric and Special Needs Program. This project is supported with funding from the Bureau of Health Professions, United States Department of Health and Human Services.

Dr. Chalmers would like thank the Alzheimer's Association (South Australia), the Australian Dental Association, and Colgate Oral Care for permission to use text and photographs from her booklet accompanying their Practical Oral Care: Tips for Residential Care Staff video. In addition, she would also like to acknowledge with many thanks the provision of photographic images for this training program by the following:

• Professor Ronald Ettinger, USA
• Dr. Mark Gryst, Australia
• Dr. Chris Hodge, Australia
• Dr. Peter King, Australia
• Dr. Michael Wiseman, Canada
• Dr. Phillip Wong, Australia
• Professor Clive Wright, New Zealand
• Iowa 65+ OLD Dental Study, USA