Model Sealant Program

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Model Sealant Program

• City of Bridgeport
• Dental Hygiene and School Based Dental Programs

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Dental Hygiene It all began in Bridgeport

• Circa 1911 Bridgeport, CT
• Dr. Alfred Civilian Fones
• - Oral Health Survey (Bridgeport School
  Children)
• - 95 decay rate
• A new approach Prevention
• - Oral Health/ Nutrition Education
• - Dental Cleanings
• A new profession is born Dental Hygienist

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• Fones School of Dental Hygiene
• -Formal training began
• Public Oral Health Program developed
• -Public School children provided with
• preventive and
  restorative care
• 1940s - Introduction of Fluoride
• - Significant reduction of caries
• Sealants - Our New Frontier
• - Promoting, educating, increasing access

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Best Practices What we Learned

• Dont reinvent the wheel
• -Use current structure/ build change where
• needed/learn
• Identify your resources
• Local Collaborative
• Service Providers
• Community Partners

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• Communication/Cooperation
• - Sharing ideas
• - Shared Client Coordination
• - Improved program interaction SBHC/Dental
  
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  Hygiene Division
• - Collaborative Projects
• Getting Parents and Kids on Board
• Parent group meetings
• Report card conferences
• Summer camps
• Health fairs

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Physical Benefits of Grant Funding

• Equipment
• -Portable carts- Awesome according to the
• staff!!!
• -Expanded service
• Computers
• - Data collection
• - City training

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Whats Next

• Expansion of Sealant Program
• - Use of Portable Carts
• - New schools with dental rooms
• - More educational opportunities