November 2010 E-news

What Can You Do to Create A Healthy Smile?
Oral Health America
IN THIS ISSUE
Join OHA’s Seal Two Million Campaign This Holiday Season
CincySmiles Foundation Leads Community Partners in Preventing Tooth Decay Among At-Risk Children
OHA Treatment Partners Benefit from Pulpdent’s Generosity
Smiles Across Minnesota Expands to Serve Children in Northern Minnesota
Fifth-Grader Barbara Jones Gives to OHA to Help Kids Smile

ARE YOU HEADED TO THE

GREATER NEW YORK DENTAL MEETING?

FIND US THERE!

What: OHA’S Seal Two Million Pledge Event

Where: DENTSPLY Booth, #2803

When: 4:30 to 5:30 pm, Monday, November 29

Come meet OHA at the DENTSPLY Booth and pledge to support our SEAL TWO MILLION campaign.  By helping us to provide dental sealants to two million teeth for 500,000 children you will help us take all of our programs to the next level.

We look forward to seeing you then!  RSVP to Jessica Chatman.
HELP A LOCAL CHARITY 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, we’ll choose one of our fans to be the recipient of 200 travel packs containing a toothbrush, toothpaste, and floss to be donated to a favorite local charity just in time for the holiday season.
BEN’S BLOG
Social Media Coordinator Ben Anders
is blogging for OHA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Follow Ben’s Blog
FALL FOR SMILES® PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Congratulations to our Fall for Smiles® photo contest winners: Just Kids Dental Two Harbor, MN; New York University College of Dentistry; and Community Nurse Health Association, La Grange, IL. Each program won a prize pack featuring products from Denticator. Thank you to everyone who participated!

Oral Health America

IN THE NEWS!

The Cincinnati Enquirer and DentistryIQ.com covered the launch event for CincySmiles’ introduction into Smiles Across America®.

Indian Country Today profiled Dr. Blue Spruce, Jr. and mentioned the award given to him by OHA.

Cosmetic Dentistry Guide ran the OHA press release about the Fall for Smiles® survey.

The recent board member elections were mentioned on DentistryIQ.com.
Look for our new Seal Two Million advertisement appearing in Mentor,
Dimensions of Dental Hygiene, Inside Dentistry, Inside Dental Assisting, Dental Economics, RDH,
Dental Products Report, and First Impressions, Tips, and on Dentaltown.com. Many thanks to Henry Schein’s creative services team for designing the advertisement for us, and thanks to all of the dental trade publications who generously support and promote OHA’s work.

OHA’S FALL NEWSLETTER IS ON ITS WAY TO YOUR MAILBOX!


Thank you to Patterson  Dental for printing it for us!  Click here to read it online.

PROMOTING HEALTH ONE MOUTH AT A TIME


On Monday, November 29, Oral Health America will announce a new ten-year project at the 2010 Greater New York Dental Meeting.  The Seal Two Million Campaign exemplifies OHA’s commitment to preventing oral disease, and promoting healthy mouths and bodies.
How do we do this? OHA is both a funder, providing grants to programs that serve at-risk children and families, and a program innovator, designing and implementing programs that connect communities with resources to address the oral health needs of all Americans, especially those most vulnerable.
With your help we will achieve this ambitious new goal: to seal two million teeth for 500,000 children by 2020.  We know it’s possible because OHA exceeded our previous goal: seal 1 million teeth by 2010. In this holiday season we are reminded that for those to whom much has been given, much is asked in return. Will you pledge your support to change a life through a smile?
Thank you for your Seal Two Million donation!

Beth Truett

President and CEO
Oral Health America


IN CINCINNATI, STUDENTS ARE GROWING WELL THANKS TO COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

Students showing off their healthy smiles at Oyler Elementary in Cincinnati, OH, at the October launch of OHA’s Smiles Across America® partnership with CincySmiles Foundation.

On October 22nd, Oral Health America announced a $25,000 Smiles Across America® grant to CincySmiles Foundation to expand school-based dental services in Cincinnati Public Schools.  OHA and the Foundation joined forces with local partners for an event at Oyler Elementary, attended by Senator Sherrod Brown, Senator George Voinovich, Congressman Steve Driehaus, and State Representative Denise Driehaus.  Pre-election coverage turned to oral health!

Read the full press release here


PULPDENT SUPPORTS OHA BECAUSE ‘IT’S THE RIGHT THING TO DO’

Pulpdent Corporation generously supports OHA’s Smiles Across America® (SAA) program by donating sealant materials for our product donation partners. Vice President Fred Berk recently explained why.

Why does Pulpdent continue to support OHA’s Smiles Across America®, and why is it so important that children receive dental sealants?

Children show off their embracelets after receiving Embrace WetBond Pit & Fissure Sealants in a school-based sealant program. The embracelets were a gift from Pulpdent to encourage good oral healthcare.

Pulpdent has always had a special interest in public health and the oral health of children in particular. We support OHA, Special Olympics and other organizations that bring much needed care to underprivileged and underserved children because these children deserve a chance for a better and healthier life.

SMILING ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA

Smiles Across Minnesota (SAM) is expanding its statewide preventive dental program to several Northern Minnesota school districts: International Falls, South Koochiching-Rainy River and Littlefork-Big Falls.

(Left to right) Sarah Wovcha, Executive Director, Children’s Dental Services; Ann Rogers, Community Affairs Sr. Specialist, Delta Dental of Minnesota; Gerry Hilfer, Principal, Falls Elementary; Bob Jaszczak, Superintendent, South Koochiching – Rainy River School District; Shelley Valentini, Executive Director, United Way of Northeast Minnesota; Ann Johnson, Director of Community Affairs, Delta Dental of Minnesota; Amanda Ciatti, Program Manager, OHA

“As Minnesota’s largest dental benefits administrator, we are aware of the challenges of dentally uninsured and under insured children. Therefore, we are grateful to partner with Oral Health America and Children’s Dental Services and continue a tradition of improving oral health for all Minnesotans,” said Ann Johnson, co-chair of SAM, and director of community affairs for Delta Dental of Minnesota, which provided a $20,000 start-up grant for the preventive care in International Falls.

OHA is providing $46,000 in Smiles Across America® grant funding for school-based and school-linked dental services in Minnesota through Children’s Dental Services in the 2010-2011 school year.
CHILDREN SEE IT TOO: PREVENTIVE DENTAL CARE IS NECESSARY FOR OPTIMAL SELF ESTEEM AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE

Eleven-year-old Barbara Judge, with the help of her mother, Carol Lynn, recently made a donation to Smiles Across America® (SAA) after reading about the program in a magazine at her dentist’s office. Barbara has already experienced multiple rounds of braces and understood how the program could help other children who were not able to get the care they needed. She wanted to be part of the solution.

Continue reading here
THANK YOU FOR FALLING FOR SMILES WITH US
Oral health equity requires all of us to communicate the need to have a healthy mouth for a healthy life!  That’s why OHA and Oral Healthcare Can’t Wait launched a new joint promotion focused on raising public awareness about attaining good oral health.
Thank you to the dental industry and profession, public health programs, dental schools and other non-profits who created a successful Fall for Smiles® promotion. We couldn’t have done it without you — our generous sponsors, marketing partners and non-profit friends.
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