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title: Practice Guidelines | Capitol Dental Care
description: Review Capitol Dental Care practice guidelines for providers, including standards, compliance requirements, and quality care expectations.
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# Practice Guidelines

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## Evidence-Based Care

Capitol Dental Care (CDC) is committed to providing effective evidence-based clinical guidelines to support efforts of CDC contracted providers in delivering appropriate treatment to achieve positive outcomes. CDC has established these guidelines based on the Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) population it serves in conjunction with reviews of available clinical information.

The standards for the provision of care to CDC’s membership comprise the following guidelines:

| Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors | [Best Practices](http://www.astdd.org/best-practices/) |
| --- | --- |
| American Dental Hygienists’ Association | [Standards for Clinical Dental Hygiene Practice](http://www.adha.org/resources-docs/2016-Revised-Standards-for-Clinical-Dental-Hygiene-Practice.pdf) |
| United States Food and Drug Administration | [Guidelines for Prescribing Dental Radiographs](http://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/medical-x-ray-imaging/ada-fda-guide-patient-selection-dental-radiographs) |
| American Association of Pediatric Dentistry | [Definitions, Policies, and Recommendations](http://www.aapd.org/policies/policies_and_guidelines_2017/) [Silver Diamine Fluoride](http://www.aapd.org/media/Policies_Guidelines/G_SDF.pdf) |
| American Dental Association | [Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry](http://ebd.ada.org/en/evidence/guidelines) |
| Oregon Health Authority (OHA) | [Dental Services Oregon Administrative Rules](https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/displayDivisionRules.action?selectedDivision=1711) |
| Oregon Pain Guidance Group | [Pain Treatment Guidelines](http://www.oregonpainguidance.org/pain-treatment-guidelines/) |
| American Heart Association | [Prevention of Infective Endocarditis](http://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.183095) |

 

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