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The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry is hosting its ninth annual Children’s Dental Day on Friday, Feb. 3. The college is located at 40th and Holdrege Streets in Lincoln.<\/div>\n
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More than 200 children from 10 communities are expected to attend with the first bus arriving at 8 a.m. and the last bus leaving at 3 p.m. The children are from Lexington, Madison, Grand Island, Burwell, Ord, Hastings Norfolk, Schuyler, Crete and Lincoln. <\/div>\n
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Services provided at this one-day event include cleanings, fluoride treatments, sealants, cavity fillings, education and emergency care as needed. Last year 1,000 children received over $390,000 worth of services through Children’s Dental Day events held at the UNMC College of Dentistry in Lincoln, Omaha, several communities in the Nebraska Panhandle and Hastings. The UNMC College of Dentistry hosted its first Children’s Dental Day in the fall of 2001. The value of care delivered over the past four years by the UNMC College of Dentistry totals more than $750,000.<\/div>\n
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“Children’s Dental Day is an opportunity for the college to exercise both its education and outreach missions,” said David Brown, Ph.D., executive associate dean, UNMC College of Dentistry. “The annual event helps underserved Nebraska children, while providing an opportunity for dental and dental hygiene students to gain more clinical experience.” <\/div>\n
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While upper level dental and dental hygiene students work in the clinics, many of the first-year students facilitate games with the children, including those that teach good snack choices, how soda pop affects their teeth, what decay looks like and how to brush and floss. Lunch and healthy snacks are also provided and each child receives a goody bag of items, such as a toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, activity book and stickers.<\/div>\n
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“This year we are hoping to have members of the Husker Cheerleaders and Dance Squad in attendance to interact with the children,” Dr. Brown said.<\/div>\n
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Children participating in the event are identified and pre-screened in their communities by volunteers including school nurses, faith-based organizations, Head Start, dentists and dental hygienists. These volunteers donate their time to identifying needy children, providing oral health screenings that indicate the type of care the children will need when they come to the college and in many cases coming with the children for emotional support and translation services.<\/div>\n
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Oral health disparities were addressed formerly in 2000 when U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher released the first-ever Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health in America. The report, which praises the advances in oral health sciences during the past 50 years, also points out disparities. Many lower-income families and minorities, such as Native Americans, Hispanics, and African Americans, are missing out on the benefits of oral health care.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry is hosting its ninth annual Children’s Dental Day on Friday, Feb. 3. 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