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Title: 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

  • 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
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