Oral Health Risk Assessment for Prenatal Care Providers

Oral Health Risk Assessment for Prenatal Care Providers

Oral Health Risk Assessment for Prenatal Care Providers

1. When was your last dental visit?
2. Do you have a dental home (regular dentist)?
3. Do you have any current mouth/tooth pain today?
4. Referral(1) Completed?
Optional (2) Oral Health Examination:
Optional (2) Oral Health Examination:
  • Provider to check teeth and gums for hygiene, inflammation and disease. (3)
5. Potential caries, swollen or bleeding gums, other dental concern.
6. Sign of infection or other urgent need.

Citations and Notes

  • Ideally, the Prenatal Oral Health Risk Assessment is incorporated into electronic health record using a flowsheet with discoverable fields to pull reports. However, when needed, documenting in patient note can suffice, often using a SmartPhrase or Dot Phrase. ICD 10 code z13.84 (dental screening) can be used to flag charts of patients screened and then question 4 can be manually tallied to track referrals.

  • Recommended By American College of Obstetrics (ACOG) and Oral Health During Pregnancy: a National Consensus Statement

  • Complete training at Smiles for Life – Course 5, CME provided. Needed supplies: gloves, adequate light, tongue depressor