ASSISTECH SYSTEMS LLC — Department of Health and Human Services SBIR Phase I: NIDILRR

Description

This project develops the Person-Centered Oral Health Care System (PCOHS), a model that facilitates both enhanced self-managed oral health care while also providing a platform for training, coaching, and coordinated care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their support teams. Through the platform, dental practitioners can customize oral health supports that enhance better self-care and individualized routines to foster consistent training, prompting, and encouragement by care providers. Progress data is measured using established health care goals that are monitored and tracked remotely by supporting team members and health care providers to help individuals with IDD improve their ongoing oral hygiene. The web-based platform also supports individuals with IDD who experience anxiety about dental procedures and visits through video priming prior to appointments. PCOHS supports individuals with IDD to take a more active role in their daily oral hygiene, so they will be more likely to have successful routine dental visits, and their care providers will have increased access to strategies specific to this target population.