Welcome to
My Dental Care Passport
Inside the State of Kansas
For Individuals, Families, or Caregivers:
Use the link below to find useful information about My Dental Care Passport. This includes instructions on how to use the Passport and why it might be useful for you.
For Providers and Dental Office Teams:
Use the link below or further information about My Dental Care Passport, including why this may be of benefit to you and your office and tips on how to use it in practice.
Outside the State
of Kansas:
Please modify this document to meet the needs of your community and organization.
Ensure the following acknowledgment remains: ‘My Dental Care Passport,’ Third Edition (2025), created by the ‘Pathways to Oral Health’ team led by Oral Health Kansas.
My Dental Care Passport is endorsed by Healthy Blue, United Healthcare, Sunflower Health Plan and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
What is the
My Dental Care Passport?
My Dental Care Passport
My Dental Care Passport is designed to improve the dental office visit for people with disabilities by letting individuals and their families/caregivers voice their specific needs. Sharing important information, for example, how a person likes to communicate, what they liked in past dentist visits, and what parts of the appointment might be hard for them, helps break down communication barriers and allows the dental team to make changes to the dental office and appointment plan before the person even arrives. This helps make the visit to the dentist better for everyone.
For individuals and caregivers, My Dental Care Passport provides an easy way to share important information with dental teams, fostering understanding and reducing anxiety. For dentists and their teams, it offers valuable insights to help provide care that upholds dignity, removes barriers, and enhances patient comfort.
By working together, we can create a smoother, more inclusive dental experience for everyone. Start using My Dental Care Passport today!
Here is a short video on how to use the Dental Passport:
Person-centered Language
is a more accurate way of speaking about people. It places the person first and the disability second, which helps eliminate stereotypes. Practicing using the person first helps the language come naturally and it ensures conversations are positive and respectful.
Consider Using:
| Person with a disability |
| Person with an intellectual or developmental disability |
| Person who is deaf or has hearing loss |
| Person who is blind or has vision loss |
| Person with a physical disability |
| Person who uses a wheelchair or wheelchair user |
| Person with a mental health issue or person with a mental illness |
| Typical |
| Person with substance use disorder |
| Person with polio, dementia, diabetes, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, etc. |
| Accessible parking, entrance, or bathroom |
Instead Of:
| Disabled, handicapped, or crippled |
| Mental retardation or retarded |
| Hearing impaired, the deaf, deaf-mute, or deaf and dumb |
| Visually impaired or the blind |
| Disabled, handicapped, or crippled |
| Confined to a wheelchair |
| Mentally ill, crazy, nuts, afflicted, or insane |
| Normal |
| Addict or user |
| Suffers from or victim of |
| Handicapped parking, entrance, or bathroom |
This work is made possible with financial support from:
This project is funded by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment – Division of Health Care Finance (KDHE-DHCF) and ARPA.