{"id":9769,"date":"2025-03-01T13:59:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/tkhome\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:34:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:34:40","slug":"tkhome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/hsm\/tkhome\/","title":{"rendered":"hsm\/tkhome ~  Oral Health Toolkit  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n  \n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/hsm\/tkhome.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n    \n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->DELAWARE ORAL HEALTH TOOLKIT<!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n \n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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Tooth\n\n\n  decay significantly impacts the health of Delawareans of all ages from all walks of life. It is the most common chronic childhood disease\n\n\n  in the U.S. today. Yet, most dental disease is nearly 100 percent preventable.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  With links to heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and many other diseases, good overall health can be achieved with good oral health. If\n\n\n  left untreated, cavities and other dental infections can spread to other parts of the body and, in very rare cases, be life threatening.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Healthy dental habits should come as naturally as buckling up our seat belts, and oral health education is a vital first step.\n\n\n  <strong>This is a battle we can win, but it cannot be done by dentists alone.<\/strong>\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  This toolkit provides simple resources that will help organizations like yours easily make oral health a part of everyday activities.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  <strong>Our goals:<\/strong>\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>Provide free, customizable, and easy-to-use web-based tools\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>Share best practices, success stories, and partner contributions\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>Create a diverse and active community of oral health champions\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>Make oral health a priority for a wide range of organizations\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  <a href=\"tkhome.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Delaware Oral Health Toolkit\" class=\"img-thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/tkicontoolkit.png\"><\/a>\n\n\n  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"tktheneed.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Need\" class=\"img-thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/tkiconneed.png\"><\/a>\n\n\n  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"tkthetools.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Tools\" class=\"img-thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/tkicontools.png\"><\/a>\n\n\n  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"tkbeachampion.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Be a Champion: Three Easy Steps for GettingStarted\" class=\"img-thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/tkiconchampion.png\"><\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"tkthearchive.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Archive\" class=\"img-thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/tkiconarchive.png\"><\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n\n\n<\/p><br>\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  <a href=\"ohphome.html\">Return to the Delaware Oral Health Program homepage<\/a>\n\n\n<\/p>  <!--[END]-->\n\n  \n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div><!-- \/container -->\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen DELAWARE ORAL HEALTH TOOLKIT Public Health Menu Home About About DPH Sections &#038; Programs Office Locations Contact Info Calendar Services A-Z Services Air &#038; Water Quality Birth, Death, &#038; Marriage Records Clinics Health Data &#038; Statistics Emergency Preparedness Health &#038; Wellness Healthy Homes Healthy Workplaces Laboratory Restaurant Inspections Screening and Testing WIC Additional Services [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":9729,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9769","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10966,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9769\/revisions\/10966"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}