Volume 8 • 2021 • Issue 2

Caries RiskAssessment Tool inRourke Record E ven though I'm retired from clinical care, I always look forward to receiving CDA Essentials . It has become a great source of information on issues important to the profession. I am writing specifically to applaud the recent article 1 on the development of the Caries Risk Assessment (CRA) Tool and especially its inclusion in the Rourke Baby Record. As a retired pediatric dentist, I have worked throughout my career for improved dialogue and collaboration with our medical colleagues on oral health and overall health. The seemingly simple inclusion of the CRA Tool into the Rourke Record will have potentially life-altering benefits for many young children. Dr. Robert Schroth and the core participants have done a great job in developing a very useful tool. Kudos to them and thanks to the CDA for spreading the information to the dental profession. Dr. Ian McConnachie Nepean, ON READER RESPONSE We love to hear from our readers — the dentists of Canada. Please send us your comments or feedback on any articles that you’ve read in the magazine, or let us know what you would like to see in future editions. Please email publications@cda-adc.ca 1. New Tool to Connect Young Children to Dental Care. CDA Essentials 2021;8(1):16-7. Available: cda-adc.ca/en/services/essentials/2021/issue1/16 Using the ESC NIHB website, dental providers can access self-service functions in order to: • check the status of predetermination requests • verify client eligibility and next available date • submit enrolment documents • update contact information • access remittance statements • request update to direct deposit information ESC NIHB Website and Online Services for Dental Providers To better serve Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) program dental providers, Express Scripts Canada (ESC) has developed a new ESC NIHB Provider and Client website (nihb.express-scripts.ca) where providers have the option of creating a web account to access services. Note that CDAnet/ITRANS claims submission continue unchanged and submitted claims and carrier responses are available on the CDA Practice Support Services website ( https://services.cda-adc.ca ) A video walkthrough of the new ESC NIHB website is available at: youtube.com/watch?v=04SARsldQjw&t=13s or contact the NIHB Call Centre at 1-888-511-4666 for any questions. N ews and E vents 18 | 2021 | Issue 2