Since 2009, NIIOH has been a key driver of health care transformation integrating oral health into primary care.
Founded and funded by the CareQuest Institute and Arcora Foundation, we work with leaders and organizations across the health care system towards our shared vision of oral health for all.
Our board, leadership and core partners support innovative and practical solutions to eliminating oral health disparities to improve public health. The NIIOH has been leading a movement that provides backbone support to a consortium of funders, health professionals and national organizations that are transforming education and practice to ensure that all patients have access to oral health services and referral in the context of primary care.
A systems-change initiative, NIIOH uses a collective impact approach to engage and align an interprofessional oral health workforce to work together in mutually supportive ways to catalyze change across our health care systems. Learn more about why oral health is the responsibility of all health providers and view highlights of our work to achieve health equity.