December 2010 E-News

What Can You Do to Create A Healthy Smile?
Oral Health America
IN THIS ISSUE
The Seal Two Million Holiday Spirit
OHA’s Heroes: Our 114 Product Donation Partners
A Boost for Seal Two Million from DENTSPLY International
Septodont’s 10 Percent Pledge
Dental Community News

MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW FOR OHA’S POPULAR CHARITABLE EVENT!

The 21st Annual Oral Health America Gala and Benefit Dinner will be held February 23, 2011 at Chicago’s legendary Field Museum. For more information or to make a reservation, contact Joe Donohue by email, call (312) 836-9900, or visit our web page.
HELP OUT YOUR COMMUNITY ON FACEBOOK DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON
Help us get to 2,000 fans on Facebook by clicking “like” on our page and suggesting OHA to your friends. When we reach 2,000 fans, one fan will be the recipient of 200 travel packs containing a toothbrush, toothpaste, and floss to be donated to a favorite local charity.
BEN’S BLOG
Social Media Coordinator Ben Anders
is blogging for OHA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Follow Ben’s Blog
FUTURE SMILES RECOGNIZED FOR ITS WORK
Smiles Across America® partner Future Smiles recently received two honors for its work in oral health care. The Southern Nevada Immunization Coalition Silver Syringe and Children’s Healthcare Award Dinner recognized Future Smiles’ work in the community and Community In Schools presented them with an award for their work supporting a dental intiative. Congratulations!

JOIN OUR NEXT MEDICAL DENTAL DIALOGUES

The next Medical Dental Dialogues symposium, focusing on diabetes, will be held May 4, 2011 at the New York Academy of Sciences, in partnership with Columbia University’s College of Dental Medicine and College of Physicians and Surgeons. Email Amanda Ciatti to join our mailing list for more information.
SMILES ACROSS AMERICA® ON YOUTUBE
Trident released a short video clip celebrating its relationship with Smiles Across America® in 2010. Click here to check it out!

SAVE THE DATE


The 6th Annual National Summit on Smokeless & Spit Tobacco will be held in Austin, TX at the Austin Convention Center from May 10-12, 2011. For more information, visit the Summit’s website.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO BRING SMILES ACROSS AMERICA!

Photo courtesy of Dr. Joy Jordan, a past president of the National Dental Association, who practices dentistry in Cleveland, Ohio, and was one of our Fall for Smiles photo contest winners.  She is pictured here (center) with some of her patients (including two of her nieces).

Dear Friends of OHA:

Thank you for your commitment to oral health in 2010 — whether you placed sealants on a child’s teeth, treated and comforted a frail older adult, provided education for families at a health fair, or e-mailed a legislator about funding oral health care reforms.

Everything you have done counts. We appreciate you work, your time and your gifts.

Oral Health America looks forward to your ideas, questions and support in 2011. We want to provide more opportunities for more Americans to improve their oral health, and we wish you had all of the resources needed to make that happen!

We made a public commitment to America’s children via America’s Promise to seal two million teeth by 2020. OHA’s commitment to you is that we will do our best to provide information, products, services and grants to bring healthy mouths to life.  In our quest to improve the nation’s health through better oral health, is important to us that we earn and keep your trust and support year in and year out.

With gratitude,

Beth Truett

President and CEO
Oral Health America


OUR 114 PRODUCT DONATION PARTNERS BRING HEALTHY MOUTHS TO LIFE YEAR-ROUND

A student at Highland Elementary School in Roseburg, OR, learns to floss using yarn and an egg carton before receiving an oral care kit donated by OHA to Umpqua Community Health Center.

OHA-donated oral health care products including dental sealants, fluoride varnish, toothbrushes, toothpaste, flossers, and Trident sugar free gum enable our Smiles Across America® Product Donation Partners to provide needed oral health care and education. 114 partners received product in 2010. See who they are!

“We were very grateful to receive the donations of  oral care kits including toothbrushes and toothpaste, which we provided along with oral hygiene education to over 300 children. The kids were so excited to receive their kits–one second grader told us that he had never had a toothbrush of his own.” said Brenda Lewis, Umpqua Community Health Center, Roseburg, Oregon.

Dental sealant donations, key to our Seal Two Million Campaign strategy, allow local programs to reach more kids. OHA provided 174,724 sealants to our product donation recipients this year.

“Without this generous donation it would not have been possible to place sealants on as many Maine children as we did. Partnering with OHA allowed us to not only place sealants, but to educate children about their oral health,” Sabrina Toye, RDH, Tooth Protectors, Lewiston, Maine.


DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL KICKS OFF SEAL TWO MILLION CAMPAIGN @ GREATER NY DENTAL

DENTSPLY International graciously hosted a launch event for OHA’s Seal Two Million Campaign at the Greater New York Dental Meeting and kicked-off the campaign with a $10,000 donation.

(left to right) DENTSPLY International Chairman and CEO Bret Wise; Beth Truett, President and CEO, OHA; Cheryl Janssen, Executive Director, Kids Smiles, Inc; Dr. Amr Moursi, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, New York University College of Dentistry; and Jean-Michel Blanchard, OHA Board Member and Corporate VP, Planning and Business Development, DENTSPLY International

“As a proud supporter of Oral Health America’s programs for over half a century, DENTSPLY is honored to help OHA raise awareness among the dental industry and profession about the Seal Two Million Campaign. We are committed to helping them reach their 2020 goal,” Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bret Wise said at the event.

SEPTODONT ENGAGES DENTAL PRACTICES IN NEW PLEDGE TO OHA

Septodont, a manufacturer of products for dental professionals, has pledged to help OHA support healthy smiles. The company announced it will donate 10 percent of every $500 spent on its N’Durance Composites through February 28, 2011 to OHA. The donation will be presented during OHA’s annual gala in February.

To participate, practices should fax their N’Durance Composite invoices to Kathy Whitaker at (717) 560-3480 or email her at kwhitaker@septodontna.com.

DENTAL COMMUNITY NEWS

OHA Joins Chicago Dental Society in Mourning the Loss of Its President

Chicago Dental Society President Michael J. Stablein, DDS, PhD, died Sunday, Nov. 14, in Mexico City. He was 61. Dr. Stablein was elected treasurer of the Chicago Dental Society in 2006, and rose through the offices. His term as president began Jan. 1, 2010.  Read more

Congratulations to Dr. Caswell Evans for the APHA Distinguished Service Award

Dr. Caswell Evans, associate dean of Prevention and Public Health Sciences at the University of Illinois-Chicago College of Dentistry received the American Public Health Association Oral Health Section’s John W. Knutson Distinguished Service Award during the APHA’s annual meeting in Denver. The award recognizes eminent contributions to public health and oral health.  A long time friend of OHA, we join other admirers in congratulating Dr. Evans!

A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS
With another year coming to a close, we would like to extend a sincere thank you to everyone who helps us bring oral health care and education to those who need it most, from our corporate sponsors and donors to our board members to our program partners. We could not do what we do without your support.
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