Data and Oral Health Surveillance

• ASTDD National Oral Health Data Portal
• Data and Surveillance Logic Model
• Data and Surveillance Work Plan
• 2023 Data and Oral Health Surveillance Annual Report

ASTDD State Synopses Resources

• 2024 State Synopses Webcast Recording (January 2024)
• State Synopses Summary Report 2024 - This report contains aggregated data for responses to selected items on the 2022-2023 State Synopses of Dental Public Health Programs.
• The Importance of State Oral Health Surveillance Systems Infographic (August 2024)
• Important State Collaborations Around Oral Health and Chronic Disease Infographic (August 2024)
• The Importance of State Oral Health Program Plans Infographic (August 2024)

ASTDD Basic Screening Survey (BSS) Resources

• ASTDD BSS Toolkit - This downloadable toolkit contains all of the information you will need to plan and conduct a BSS of children or vulnerable older adults.
• ASTDD provides technical assistance with the BSS tool and other aspects of data surveys such as sampling and data analysis. To request assistance, download the Data Technical Assistance Request Form and e-mail to Christine Wood, Executive Director of ASTDD at cwood@astdd.org.
• States with BSS Oral Health Data - This resource lists all states that have data obtained through a BSS of preschool or school-age children or older adults. When available, links to state BSS reports are provided.
• Basic Screening Surveys: Monitoring Community Oral Health Presentation by Dr. Kathy Phipps for the UCSF DPH 175 Dental Public Health Lecture Series on March 3, 2020.

Other ASTDD Data and Surveillance Resources

• ASTDD Best Practice Approach Report - State-based Oral Health Surveillance System (February 2023)
• ASTDD Best Practice Approach Report - Dissemination of Data from State-Based Surveillance Systems (August 2021)
• ASTDD Emergency Department Data Collection Resources
• ASTDD Making Data Count: Slide presentation on communicating data effectively to increase awareness of oral health needs and outcomes. (September 2022)
• ASTDD's Oral Health Surveillance Plan Template If your state does not have a written oral health surveillance plan or has one that needs to be updated, then you might be interested in the template. It is designed to help states with the cumbersome process of writing, revising or updating an oral health surveillance plan. The template is a complete surveillance plan document that, with a small amount of effort, can be modified to a customized document for your state. The template includes background information on the importance of public health surveillance, the importance of oral health surveillance, and a core set of indicators to include in a state oral health surveillance system (OHSS). (May 2016)
• Oral Health Surveillance Plan Template Instructions
• ASTDD State Surveillance Data Reference Guide - The purpose of this reference guide is to provide information on sources of oral health data that are available at the state level and can be used for a state-based oral health surveillance system. It lists available oral health indicators, identifies if the indicator is a NOHSS or Healthy People indicator, and provides information on the primary data source. The guide includes three tables: Table 1: Quick Reference Guide for the National Oral Health Surveillance System Indicators by Topic Area, Table 2: Quick Reference Guide for the National Oral Health Surveillance System Indicators by Population Group and Table 3: Detailed State Surveillance Data Reference Guide by Population Group All Oral Health Data.
• ASTDD Turning Data into Action Webcast Series
• ASTDD and the Children's Dental Health Project Making Oral Health Count: Toward a Comprehensive Oral Health Measurement System: The DentaQuest Foundation funded the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD) and the Children's Dental Health Project (CDHP) to systematically gather input from oral health advocates, provider groups, and federal agency officials responsible for oral health data to develop this issue brief that outlines some of the strategies needed to achieve a comprehensive Oral Health Measurement System. (December 2017)

National Oral Health Surveillance System (NOHSS) Resources

• Development and Status of the National Oral Health Surveillance System - This manuscript, published in Preventing Chronic Disease (April 2009), describes the development of the National Oral Health Surveillance System.
• Revision to the National Oral Health Surveillance System (NOHSS) Indicators - This position statement, developed and approved by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), describes the process used to update the NOHSS indicators in 2015.
• ASTDD Webcast: Using the National Oral Health Surveillance System to Set Targets - Mary Davis, DrPH, MSPH, owner of Project Y Evaluation Services, LLC and an ASTDD Evaluation Consultant and John O'Malley, MHI, owner of Positive Sum Health Informatics and developer of the ASTDD National Oral Health Data Portal (NOHDP) presented about the National Oral Health Surveillance System (NOHSS) which monitors the burden of oral disease, use of the oral health care delivery system, and the status of community water fluoridation nationally and by state. States can use NOHSS indicators to monitor these areas and, with partners, create action plans to improve oral health within their communities. Watch the recording to learn about the NOHSS indicators and how states/territories can set targets using data from the system. (August 2022)
• State-Based Oral Health Surveillance Systems: Conceptual Framework and Operational Definition - The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), in collaboration with ASTDD, published this document that provides (1) an overview of oral and craniofacial health surveillance at national and state levels, including components of a state oral health surveillance system (SOHSS), (2) an overview of the development and revision of the National Oral Health Surveillance System (NOHSS) and of other national public health surveillance initiatives, (3) a new operational definition for HP2020 Objective OH-16 (Increase the number of states and DC that have an oral and craniofacial health surveillance system), and (4) a discussion of future potential changes and directions for oral health surveillance systems. (October 2013)

Other Data and Surveillance Resources