Miles of Smiles

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Miles of Smiles

• Rotary Club of Roseville

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What is Miles of Smiles?

• 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

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The History

• Began in 2001-2 School year 2 schools
• Goal to become Rotarys signature Community
  project
• Access to dental care is 1 childrens health
  problem in
  Placer County
• Rotary District Grant

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Who are the partners?

• Rotary Club of Roseville
• Placer County Health Department until 2011
• Roseville City Schools
• Sacramento District Dental Society Fnd
• Local dentists

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The role of Rotary

• 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

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The role of the School District

• 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

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New role for Rotary

• 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

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The role of the Dental Society Foundation

• Identify local dentists who will provide free
  service
• Schedule clinics in Sacramento region
• Underwrite costs
  of clinic days
• Coordinate with
  local programs

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2011-12 MILES OF SMILES REPORT

• FOUR SCHOOLS
• CIRBY, KASEBERG, SIERRA GARDENS, AND WOODBRIDGE
• SCREENED 228 CHILDREN 2ND 5TH
• SCREENED KINDERGARTNERS IN SEVEN SCHOOLS

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2011-12 REPORT

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

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2011-12 REPORT

• 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

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2011-12 REPORT

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

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MILES OF SMILES

• 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

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2011-12 REPORT

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

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2011-12 REPORT

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

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2011-12 REPORT

• THANKS TO
• SACRAMENTO DISTRICT DENTAL SOCIETY FOR ARRANGING
  FOR FOLLOW-UP CARE FOR CHILDREN
• THANKS TO ALL ROTARIANS WHO VOLUNTEERED TIME

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COST

• 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

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Additional Info Future Plans

• 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

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Kudos to

• 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

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