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Portable & Mobile Dentistry

Tools & Templates | Guidelines, Recommendation & Best Practices | Education & Training

Although the CDC Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings — 2003 are applicable to all settings where dental treatment is provided, the recommendations focus mainly on dental settings that use traditional, fixed equipment (e.g., private practice dental settings).

In contrast, a variety of non-traditional dental settings, such as school sealant programs, use portable dental equipment. These programs often operate in challenging settings. For example, hallways, gymnasiums, or other high-traffic areas may be the only available space for dental screenings or treatment. 

Tools & Templates

ADS

• Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) - Jan 2026
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Checklist - Jan 2026
• Site Assessment Worksheet
• Infection Control Checklist

CareQuest

• Safety Net Dental Clinic Manual: Second Edition

CDC

• Dental Check Mobile App

Nebraska ICAP Program

• Community Dental Health IPC Quick Guides
• Community Dental Health IPC Manual Template
• Sterilizer maintenance log template
• Sterilizer load log template
• Sterilizer BI test log template
• Sterilizer validation testing log template
• Infection Prevention Risk Assessment Template

Guidelines, Recommendations & Best Practices

• Dental Unit Water Quality: OSAP White Paper and Recommendations–2018 
• Infection Prevention & Control Guide for School Sealant Programs - Updated July 1, 2022

ASTDD

• Mobile and Portable School-Based/School-Linked Oral Health Programs: Delivery Models to Expand Care for Children and Adolescents

CDC

• Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings — 2003 
• Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008 
• Summary of Infection Prevention Practices in Dental Settings: Basic Expectations for Safe Care

EPA

• EPA’s Registered Antimicrobial Products Effective Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) [List B] 
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Disinfectants
  

Maine HHS

• Guidelines for Mobile/Portable Dental Care Programs Working in School Administrative Units – March 2022

OHRC

• Seal America: The Prevention Invention, Fourth Edition

OSHA

• Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
• Hazard Communications Standard
• Respiratory Protection Standard 

Education & Training

ADS

• CE Center
• Infection Control in Practice
• Dental Infection Prevention and Control Certificate
• From Policy to Practice: ADS's Guide to the CDC Guidelines (2025 Edition)
• OSHA & CDC Guidelines: ADS Interact Training System 8th Edition

CDC

• Basic Expectations for Safe Care Training Modules
• Foundations: Building the Safest Dental Visit
• Project Firstline