Ohio Dental Care Foundation
Dental problems cause many children to experience dental caries and their complications, both in childhood and in later life.
It is estimated that about 42% of children aged 2 to 11 years develop dental caries, and that an equal percentage of 6 to 19-year-olds develop caries in their permanent teeth.
Cavities, also known as caries or tooth decay, are the most common chronic disease of childhood, yet cavities are preventable.
Children who have poor oral health often miss more school and receive lower grades than children who don’t.
Here is how it works
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You schedule a date for the dental team to visit your school. Prior to the visit date we send you permission forms.
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Your teachers hand the forms out to each student to take them home to be completed and signed by their parent or guardian, then bring them back to the school.
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You collect all of the signed forms, we will arrange to pick them up.
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On the day of the visit, the dental team sets up an in-school “dental office for the day” and provides the necessary dental care.
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Every child seen gets a dental “report card” to take home and a FREE ORAL HYGIENE KIT.
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