Preventive Dental Health Program

Preventive Dental Health Program

• Preventive Dental Health Program

• Targets 2nd & 5th Grade children in Roseville City Schools

• Dental Hygiene education & screening

• Application of sealants to healthy molars

• Identification of children with severe dental problems and referral for care

Rotary Club of Roseville

• Rotary Club of Roseville

• Placer County Health Department until 2011

• Roseville City Schools

• Sacramento District Dental Society Fnd

• Local dentists

Provide volunteers for clinic week & set up

• Provide volunteers for clinic week & set up

• Fund cost of supplies and hours of hygienist & assistant

• Arrange for follow-up care

• Assist getting children to appointments

• Getting out the word to the public

Provide a room with sink & water for a week

• Provide a room with sink & water for a week

• Arrange class time for hygiene education

• Store equipment & supplies

• Schedule dates with Rotary

• Send out & collect permission forms

• Communicate with parents

• Support of program

Contract with health educator for classroom instruction, hygienist & agency for dental assistant

• Contract with health educator for classroom instruction, hygienist & agency for dental assistant

• Deliver dental equipment & supplies to each school

• Print up all forms

• Purchase supplies & educational materials

• Seek additional

• funding

Identify local dentists who will provide free service

• Identify local dentists who will provide free service

• Schedule clinics in Sacramento region

• Underwrite costs of clinic days

• Coordinate with local programs

FOUR SCHOOLS:

• FOUR SCHOOLS:

• CIRBY, KASEBERG, SIERRA GARDENS, AND WOODBRIDGE

• SCREENED 228 CHILDREN – 2ND & 5TH

• SCREENED KINDERGARTNERS IN SEVEN SCHOOLS

SEALANTS:

• SEALANTS:

• 158 CHILDREN RECEIVED SEALANTS
• 454 SEALANTS APPLIED TO MOLARS
• EDUCATION:
• HEALTH EDUCATOR WORKED WITH 531 CHILDREN IN CLASSROOMS

SCREENING RESULTS

• SCREENING RESULTS

• LEVEL 1 GOOD 187 CHILDREN

• LEVEL 2 OK 21 CHILDREN

• LEVEL 3 URGENT 20 CHILDREN

• 20+ REFERRED TO SACRAMENTO DISTRICT DENTAL SOCIETY SMILES FOR KIDS TREATMENT PROGRAM

VOLUNTEER HOURS

• VOLUNTEER HOURS

• KINDERGARTEN, 2ND & 5TH GRADE – APPROX. 200
• INCLUDES ROTARIANS AND DENTAL PROFESSIONALS SUCH AS DR. CHRISTENSEN & DR. MAJERS

STATISTICS (SINCE 2001):

• STATISTICS (SINCE 2001):

• DENTAL HYGIENE EDUCATION 7,000+

• TOTAL # OF CHILDREN SCREENED 5,000

• TOTAL # OF CHILDREN RECEIVED SEALANTS 2,500

• # OF SEALANTS APPLIED 7,000+

• # OF CHILDREN WITH URGENT NEEDS 500

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

• SPECIAL THANKS TO:

• ROSEVILLE BANK OF COMMERCE
• DR. WONG
• HEALTH EDUCATOR SHERLANN GREEN
• DENTAL HYGIENIST LONNIE RENO
• DENTAL ASSISTANTS

ROSEVILLE CITY SCHOOLS

• ROSEVILLE CITY SCHOOLS

• SCHOOL SECRETARIES AT ALL SCHOOLS
• LINDA ARCI & WAREHOUSE STAFF
• PRINCIPALS & TEACHERS

THANKS TO

• THANKS TO

• SACRAMENTO DISTRICT DENTAL SOCIETY FOR ARRANGING FOR FOLLOW-UP CARE FOR CHILDREN

• THANKS TO ALL ROTARIANS WHO VOLUNTEERED TIME

FOUR SCHOOLS (2011-12):

• FOUR SCHOOLS (2011-12):

• $10,500 Funded entirely by Rotary Club Foundation

• SIX SCHOOLS (PRIOR TO 2010):

• $15,000 Funded by Placer Co. & Rotary Club
• Foundation

Federal Government goal was to have 50% of children have sealants by 2010

• Federal Government goal was to have 50% of children have sealants by 2010

• Smile Day added in 2005-6 – Screening of all kindergartners

• Over 2,000 hours donated by Rotary Family volunteers

• Add promotion of drinking Roseville flouridated water

Steve Christensen

• Steve Christensen

• Rich Pierucci, the principals and staff at each of the schools

• All the Rotarians who have volunteered

• All who support annual events that fund the program