Welcome

Goals: What We Do

At the Children's Dental Health Project, our goals are:

  • To Prevent childhood tooth decay
  • To Promote solutions that are grounded in research
  • To Engage policymakers and other decision-makers in addressing inequities in oral health. Read more.

Mission: What We Envision

Founded in 1997, the Children’s Dental Health Project is a national non-profit organization with the vision of achieving equity in children’s oral health. Read more.

Future: How We Get There

On February 4th President Obama signed into law the reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, (CHIP) that for the first time addresses children’s oral health and dental care. Help us continue to expand dental care for children. Read more

What's New

2010 National Oral Health Conference

Come join us! CDHP will be exhibiting at the 2010 National Oral Health Conference in St. Louis, April 26-28. For more information about the...

CHIP TIPS: Children's Oral Health Benefits - Kaiser Family Foundation

This brief examines a new requirement under the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 that state CHIP programs cover...

Iowa Launches First Dental-Only Plan for Kids

DES MOINES – Governor Chet Culver announced today that the Iowa Department of Human Services has launched the nation’s first dental-only program...