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| Description |
The goal of the Save our Smiles program is to provide children in New Jersey with a fluoridated mouth rinse in order to improve their oral health. Initially all schools were welcome to participate, but in 1997 the program adopted new criteria to ensure that high-risk children were targeted.
First, program coordinators contact a school and establish a connection with a liaison who will administer the program at each school. A training is then conducted on either an individual or group basis and the program is administered through the mix-and-pump or unit-dose method. Program coordinators conduct a yearly review of the program at each school.
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| Goal / Mission |
The goal of the Save our Smiles program is to provide children with fluoride in order to improve their oral health. |
| Results / Accomplishments |
When the program was first introduced in 1981 it served 20,000 children. By 2002, 75,000 students in 350 schools across the state were participating in the program. |
| Categories |
Health / Oral Health
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| Organization(s) |
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services |
| Source |
Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD) |
| Date of Publication |
Mar 2002 |
| Date of Implementation |
1981 |
| Location |
State: New Jersey |
| Primary Contact |
Beverly Kupiec
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
PO Box 364
Trenton, NJ 08625
(609) 943-5749
Beverly.Kupiec@doh.state.nj.us
http://www.state.nj.us/health/fhs/newborn/oralh...
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| For more details |
http://www.astdd.org/bestpractices/pdf/DES33004...
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| Target Audience |
Children |
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