Become a part of the OPEN NETWORK 

The Oral Health Progress and Equity Network (OPEN), an initiative by the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, is a diverse coalition of individuals and organizations committed to addressing America's oral health challenges and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to thrive. OPEN members leverage their unique experiences, knowledge, and skills to lead initiatives annually, creating collective momentum to drive transformational change. As a multi-year initiative, OPEN focuses on uniting and empowering stakeholders to create systemic reform in oral health, all while being guided by bold objectives and strategic targets that it is dedicated to achieving.

OPEN investments are structured to impact people across the lifespan, from eradicating dental disease in children to improving lifelong oral health via partnerships with schools and increased dental benefits in publicly-funded insurance plans. Our partners are working to realize the vision of oral health is essential to overall health and well-being.

The Grassroots Engagement Initiative seeks to engage those most directly impacted by oral health inequity.

The national network has focused on oral health as a social justice issue, the social determinants of health, and the integration of oral health with overall health.

OPEN sponsors grassroots, middles, and tops in their fight to advocate for the importance of oral health for our overall health throughout the nation. OPEN cultivates a community of messengers to provide the necessary information and help for those who need it in such a turbulent and confusing health care system. 

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Join the conversation and sign up for carequest.org/OPEN to engage with the network today!

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To learn more about carequest go to carequest.org