This special communication presents the Oral Health Delivery Framework, a conceptual model for incorporating preventive oral health care in routine medical care and improving referrals from primary care to dentistry. The framework, along with supporting case examples and stakeholder actions, was published in Oral Health: An Essential Component of Primary Care in June 2015. To access the full white paper and supporting resources, visit www.QualisHealth.org/white-paper.
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