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Safety net solutions- safety net solutions partners with safety net dental programs to provide expert technical assistance in practice management, support that promotes comunity- based oral health care that is both effective and financially sustainable. By focusing attention on the business of oral health care, safety net solutions helps safety net dental programs preserve the nobility of their mission and increase access to quality oral health services. Our practice management expertise, gained through many years of front-line experience in community health dental program leadership, helps strengthen the oral health safety net providing concrete and actionable strategies for enhancing sustainability.

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THE DENTAQUEST INSTITUTE WORKS TO IDENTIFY THE KEY AREAS WHERE A GAP EXISTS BETWEEN WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE DO. IN OTHER WORDS, WE WORK TO ISOLATE AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT WHERE WE KNOW A BETTER WAY TO PREVENT AND MANAGE DISEASE, BUT WHERE THAT KNOWLEDGE HAS NOT YET BECOME A ROUTINE PART OF PRACTICE. WORKING WITH CLINICAL PARTNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE THEN RElY ON THE LATEST EVIDENCE FROM SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, CLINICAL TRIALS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH TO DEVELOP A SET OF IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES THAT WE BELIEVE WILL HELP CLOSE THE GAP. WE IMPLEMENT THOSE STRATEGIES AND MEASURE THE IMPACT THEY ARE HAVING ON OUR DESIRED OUTCOME. ONCE WE DEVELOP A LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE IN A SET OF IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES, WE THEN PACKAGE THEM INTO A SET of PROTOCOLS, TOOLS, AND TECHNOLOGY THAT ARE DISSEMINATED THROUGH OUR TECHNICAL ASSITANCE PROGRAM.