PART D - Dental Programs

Funding of services and of education and training for oral health providers are key program elements. Eligible applicants for both programs include institutions that have dental or dental hygiene education programs accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (e.g., dental schools, hospitals with postdoctoral dental residency programs, and community colleges with dental hygiene programs).

View the 2007 dental rosters and award amounts.

The DRP, first funded in 1994, assists institutions with accredited dental or dental hygiene education programs by defraying their unreimbursed costs associated with providing oral health care to people with HIV. Institutions that participate in the DRP report that unreimbursed costs of care continue to rise.

Summary of 2007 awards

• Sixty-five applicants received funding.
• Award recipients were located in 23 States and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
• Grantees trained more than 11,000 dental students and postdoctoral dental residents in HIV oral health care providing oral health services to more than 32,000 HIV-positive patients.
• Forty percent of patients were White, 45 percent were African-American, and 31 percent were Hispanic. Sixty-six percent of patients were male, and 51 percent were between ages 25 and 44.
• Seventeen award recipients (26 percent) were predoctoral dental education programs; 46 (71 percent) were postdoctoral dental education programs; and 2 (3 percent) were dental hygiene education programs.
• Forty-seven award recipients (72 percent) reported some collaboration with other Ryan White–funded programs.
• Forty-seven dental programs (72 percent) reported that their parent institutions received Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funds for services other than oral health care: 29 programs received Part A, 15 received Part B, 21 received Part C, 12 received Part D, 5 received Special Projects of National Significance, and 11 received AETC funds. In addition, eight applicant programs received CBDPP grant funding.
• Total nonreimbursed costs reported: $22.92 million
• Total amount awarded: $9.20 million
• Median grant award: $66.39 million

• Increasing access to oral health care for people with HIV
• Providing dental and dental hygiene students and postdoctoral dental residents with training in the management of oral health care for people with HIV
• Supporting the training of the next generations of oral health providers to enable them to manage the oral health needs of people with HIV.

• Twelve grantees received funding.
• Grantees were located in 11 States.
• Grantees provided training for more than 2,500 dental students and postdoctoral dental residents in HIV oral health care. A total of 943 providers provided direct clinical services, and oral health services were provided to more than 4,300 HIV-positive patients in more than 22,000 visits.
• Fifty-eight percent of patients were White, 34 percent were African-American and 20 percent were Hispanic. Seventy-six percent of patients were male, and 51 percent were between ages 25 and 44.
• Ten grantees (83 percent) were predoctoral dental education programs, and 2 (17 percent) were postdoctoral dental education programs.
• Eleven grantees (92 percent) reported some collaboration with other Ryan White–funded programs.
• Eleven dental programs (92 percent) reported that their parent institutions were recipients of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funds for services other than oral health care: seven received Part A funds, three received Part B, five received Part C, four received Part D, two received SPNS, and five received AETC funds. Additionally, eight grantees received Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Dental Reimbursement Program funding.