The Practice of Infant Oral Care in the Medical-Dental Setting

The Infant Oral Care Program (IOCP) is a UCLA School of Dentistry rotation that provides culturally sensitive preventative oral health care for children ages 0 to 5 years and is the training site for the SPICE-PD residents and students. SPICE-PD students include pediatric dental residents, dental students, pediatric medical residents, and advanced nurse practitioner students. The medical-dental integration model is utilized at IOCP to help reduce oral health disparities by providing a system-based and cost-effective approach to combatting the burden of Early Childhood Caries.

IOCP is located at UCLA's local Federally Qualified Health Clinic (FQHC), Venice Family Clinic. For IOCP clinic dates and directions click here.
​Pediatric Dental Resident, Dr. Nima, applying fluoride varnish on our patient! 

News and Updates

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American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) supports the use of Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF)!
Please click here for details!

¡AAPD apoya el uso del Fluoruro Diamino de Plata (FDP)! ¡Por favor haga clic  aquí para mas detalles! 
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Source: 2017 AAPD SDF Guidelines
Free Dental Screening for WIC participants!

​¡Examenes Dentales Gratuitos para participantes WIC!
If you are a participant of WIC at the Santa Monica site, plan to attend WIC on select Wednesdays from 11:00am-12:00pm! For more information contact Hamida at (310) 825-8064 or Vanessa at (310) 206-3237 (¡Hablamos Español!)
​SHPEP Students Visit IOCP!
This summer, SHPEP students had the opportunity to shadow the IOCP clinic for the day. Read below to hear about their visit!
PictureShalyn Fullerton, SHPEP Student 2017
"I had a fantastic morning that opened my eyes to how important interprofessional work is, and what feats can be accomplished when..." click here to read more! 
PictureKevin Zarghan, SHPEP Student 2017
​"I had an amazing morning at the IOCP clinic today as it was a great learning atmosphere that has much to offer the..."  click here to read more!
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