Infrastructure and Capacity Building

The Oral Section works to develop and improve infrastructure to increase access to quality oral health information in Oregon by:

• Creating systems and leadership capacity to incorporate oral health into overall health prevention strategies;
  
  
• Developing a state plan for oral health to serve as a "road map" of evidence-based strategies for stakeholders at the community, county, and state level;
  
  
• Establishing statewide and regional oral health coalitions to advocate for those in greatest need; and
  
  
• Establishing the Oral Health Advisory Board to provide guidance, input, and feedback on policy issues related to oral health.
  

Program Contacts
Shanie Mason, MPH, CHES
Oral Health Program Manager
shanie.m.mason@state.or.us

Gordon Empey, DDS, MPH
Executive Dental Consultant
gordon.empey@state.or.us