Dr. Burt Edelstein Discusses Oral Health Provisions in Health Care Reform and CHIPRA
5/11/10

Dr. Burton Edelstein, CDHP founder and Columbia University faculty member, discusses how the oral health provisions in CHIPRA and Health Care Reform represent a comprehensive systems change approach to oral health policy. 

Members may view this webinar by visiting the following link provided by the CDA:

Dr. Burton Edelstein's Webinar.

Burton Edelstein, DDS, MPH is a Board certified pediatric dentist and professor of dentistry and public health at Columbia University, where he is Chairman of the Section on Social and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Edelstein practiced pediatric dentistry in Connecticut and taught pediatric dentistry and oral health policy at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine for 21 years before committing to full time health policy practice. He served as a 1996-7 Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow in the office of US Senate minority leader Tom Daschle with primary responsibilities for SCHIP. He worked with the US Department of Health and Human Services on its oral health initiatives from 1998 to 2001, chaired the US Surgeon General's Workshop on Children and Oral Health, and authored the child section of the US Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health in America. Dr. Edelstein is a graduate of Harpur College, SUNY Buffalo School of Dentistry, Harvard School of Public Health, and the Boston Children's Hospital pediatric dentistry residency program. His work has been recognized by a number of organizations including the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (Pediatric Dentist of the Year), the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (Outstanding Service Award), the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (Distinguished Alumnus Award), and the American College of Dentists (Outstanding Service Award). With support from the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, American Academy of Pediatrics, and American Dental Education Association, Dr. Edelstein founded the Children's Dental Health Project in 1997, incorporating it as a 501(c)3 in 1999.  

 

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