Springfield Medical Care Systems receives grant for Children’s Dental Project
August 11, 2016
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – Springfield Medical Care Systems (SMCS) has received a two-year $150,000 grant from the Fanny Holt Ames and Edna Louise Holt Fund for its new Children’s Dental Health Project. This project will make a dental hygienist, with portable equipment, available to provide “screening and cleaning” dental services to children in area schools. It will also provide transportation from schools to dental clinics for treatment, including fillings and extractions. These services will be provided at no out of pocket costs to families.
Dental health is important, especially for children. The Vermont Oral Health Plan reports that “tooth decay is the most common childhood chronic disease.” A national survey found that one in four children has tooth decay by age 5, and one in seven children ages 6-12 had suffered a toothache in the previous six months. Children with poor oral health were nearly three times more likely to miss school because of dental pain in one study. Children who reported recent toothaches were four times more likely to have a lower grade point average than children reporting no dental pain.
A major factor in poor oral health is access to services. Working parents, even those with insurance coverage, are often unable to get their children to a dentist during weekday office hours.
The goals of this Children’s Dental Health Project are to prevent tooth decay, to educate and encourage self-care among children and their parents, and to increase access to oral health treatment.
SMCS is a health care network comprised of ten Community Health Centers located in Bellows Falls, Chester, Londonderry, Ludlow, and Springfield, Vermont, as well as Charlestown, New Hampshire, and also the Springfield Hospital.
Dental clinics are located in Ludlow and Chester, Vermont. This integrated system of care emphasizes access and affordability based on a sliding fee scale. Financial assistance is available. For information on this project, contact Larry Kraft, 802-885-7644, lkraft@springfieldmed.org
Friday, August 12, 2016
SMCS receives grant for Children’s Dental Project
Springfield Medical Care Systems has received a two-year $150,000 grant from the Fanny Holt Ames and Edna Louise Holt Fund for its new Children’s Dental Health Project.
Springfield Medical Care Systems receives grant for Children’s Dental Project
August 11, 2016
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – Springfield Medical Care Systems (SMCS) has received a two-year $150,000 grant from the Fanny Holt Ames and Edna Louise Holt Fund for its new Children’s Dental Health Project. This project will make a dental hygienist, with portable equipment, available to provide “screening and cleaning” dental services to children in area schools. It will also provide transportation from schools to dental clinics for treatment, including fillings and extractions. These services will be provided at no out of pocket costs to families.
Dental health is important, especially for children. The Vermont Oral Health Plan reports that “tooth decay is the most common childhood chronic disease.” A national survey found that one in four children has tooth decay by age 5, and one in seven children ages 6-12 had suffered a toothache in the previous six months. Children with poor oral health were nearly three times more likely to miss school because of dental pain in one study. Children who reported recent toothaches were four times more likely to have a lower grade point average than children reporting no dental pain.
A major factor in poor oral health is access to services. Working parents, even those with insurance coverage, are often unable to get their children to a dentist during weekday office hours.
The goals of this Children’s Dental Health Project are to prevent tooth decay, to educate and encourage self-care among children and their parents, and to increase access to oral health treatment.
SMCS is a health care network comprised of ten Community Health Centers located in Bellows Falls, Chester, Londonderry, Ludlow, and Springfield, Vermont, as well as Charlestown, New Hampshire, and also the Springfield Hospital.
Dental clinics are located in Ludlow and Chester, Vermont. This integrated system of care emphasizes access and affordability based on a sliding fee scale. Financial assistance is available. For information on this project, contact Larry Kraft, 802-885-7644, lkraft@springfieldmed.org
Springfield Medical Care Systems receives grant for Children’s Dental Project
August 11, 2016
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – Springfield Medical Care Systems (SMCS) has received a two-year $150,000 grant from the Fanny Holt Ames and Edna Louise Holt Fund for its new Children’s Dental Health Project. This project will make a dental hygienist, with portable equipment, available to provide “screening and cleaning” dental services to children in area schools. It will also provide transportation from schools to dental clinics for treatment, including fillings and extractions. These services will be provided at no out of pocket costs to families.
Dental health is important, especially for children. The Vermont Oral Health Plan reports that “tooth decay is the most common childhood chronic disease.” A national survey found that one in four children has tooth decay by age 5, and one in seven children ages 6-12 had suffered a toothache in the previous six months. Children with poor oral health were nearly three times more likely to miss school because of dental pain in one study. Children who reported recent toothaches were four times more likely to have a lower grade point average than children reporting no dental pain.
A major factor in poor oral health is access to services. Working parents, even those with insurance coverage, are often unable to get their children to a dentist during weekday office hours.
The goals of this Children’s Dental Health Project are to prevent tooth decay, to educate and encourage self-care among children and their parents, and to increase access to oral health treatment.
SMCS is a health care network comprised of ten Community Health Centers located in Bellows Falls, Chester, Londonderry, Ludlow, and Springfield, Vermont, as well as Charlestown, New Hampshire, and also the Springfield Hospital.
Dental clinics are located in Ludlow and Chester, Vermont. This integrated system of care emphasizes access and affordability based on a sliding fee scale. Financial assistance is available. For information on this project, contact Larry Kraft, 802-885-7644, lkraft@springfieldmed.org
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