Dental Floss News 2007-02-04

Thats why students from three colleges spent several hours Saturday making a "dental difference" by giving free exams to more than 75 children.

Many of the dental students tell Channel Six News they plan to carry on the tradition of giving back to the community once they graduate and open up their own practices.

Its the 12th year dental students from across the metro area spent hours giving back.

As far as her 13-year-old patient, Elizabeth Palms, is concerned it is dental mission accomplished.

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In addition to the performance, students also received a bag of the dental-care products, including toothbrushes, toothpaste and dental floss.

The actors teach the children about brushing their teeth, using dental floss and mouthwash and the importance of eating healthy foods.

Tooth Wizard Jeff Koziatek uses a larger than normal size tooth brush, during the Teeth on the Go program, sponsored by Delta Dental and held at Sheridan School in Bloomington on Thursday morning . The Tooth Wizard and Plaque Man characters presented an oral health program teaching students how to care for their teeth. was showing students how to brush teeth properly. Pantagraph/STEVE SMEDLEY

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The American Academy of Pediatrics and Oral-B Team Up to Promote Childrens Oral Health During Februarys Childrens Dental Health Month

The Oral-B brand is a worldwide leader in the over usd. 5 billion oral care brushing market. Part of the Procter and Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) , the brand includes manual and power toothbrushes for children and adults, oral irrigators and oral care centers and interdental products, such as dental floss. Oral-B manual toothbrushes are used by more dentists than any other brand in the U. S.

Joan Lunden, a mother of seven children (including two sets of twins under 4-years old), has made creating a dental routine a priority for her kids. "Our children depend on us to help them form the good habits that will guide them into a healthy adulthood," says Lunden. "There is so much that we can do to help our children get off to the right start so that they can have a lifetime of good dental health. Choosing the right oral care products that are designed especially for kids, such as Oral-B Stages, is an important first step to a healthy smile. "

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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Oral-B and television personality and author, Joan Lunden, are joining together throughout the month of February for Childrens Dental Health Month to raise awareness about the importance of childrens oral health and to remind parents to teach healthy oral care habits. An often overlooked aspect of childrens health, oral health problems continue to be

Jenna Robertson, a fifth-grader at Windsong Intermediate in Friendswood, proudly displayed her teams model Cosmic, Discoverer of Mars. It was made of recycled materials, including two contact-lens bottles wrapped in foil, an old hair dryer painted silver and dental floss with hooks attached in case Cosmic gets stuck in a crater on Mars.

About 180 students fashioned models from recycled cans, paper-towel rolls, aluminum foil, toothpicks, dental floss, old calculator parts, yards of duct tape and radio-controlled cars last weekend.

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Grocery stores would sell out of green leafy vegetables, the fish and poultry market would soar, sweaty bodies would be shoulder to shoulder in the gym, drug stores would sell out of dental floss, bars would be serving tap water with a twist and chocolate candy would languish on store shelves.

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I grew up in both the country and on the edge of a small town. We had well water and a septic tank. City water and massive sewer systems would not be something that entered my life until I left for university. To be honest, it was rarely thought of other than to figure out if the water coming from my tap tasted ok or if I needed to filter it. Now that I do live in a city I occasionally hear things that make me shake my head due to the sheer magnitude of the implications. Listening to the radio the other week I heard that there were serious sewage blockage issues due to the fact that some people flush their dental floss which require parts of the system to be cleared every week as wads the size of softballs accumulated. Its not something Ive ever thought of doing and Im sure the people who do it never give it a second thought

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The goal of Dental Day is to provide dental care to those in the community who do not have insurance, do not have the means to afford dental care and do not qualify for the medical card. Their income must also fall below the 200 percent poverty guidelines and individuals must be in need of urgent care from infected teeth.

All patients will receive a visual exam and an appointment for treatment at participating dental offices. There are more than 110 available appointments for fillings, extractions, cleanings and emergency care. Availability is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

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The Pratt Health Foundation (PHF) is working with Pratt dentists to provide a dental screening program for Pratt elementary kids. This year the screening program will be offered on Friday, February 2nd. The effort was started three years ago when the Foundation received a grant from the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund to initiate the program. Kansas statutes require an annual dental screening program for elementary students.

School officials have done a great job organizing the effort. In 2006, Pratt USD 382 managed to route 382 students through the screening process in approximately 80 minutes. A total of 656 kids were screened including students from Haskins, Southwest, and Skyline. The dentists discovered 193 students with cavities and 131 had dental challenges. Records were kept and parents were notified of the dental findings for their children.

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Improve your dental hygiene: Brush with a fluoride toothpaste, floss, avoid sticky or sugary foods, use alcohol-free mouthwash and see your dentist regularly. Tooth decay and gum disease progress rapidly in people with dry mouth, Harms says, "and you dont want to give bacteria a stronghold in there. "

Prescribed and over-the-counter medicines, including antihistamines, decongestants, painkillers, high-blood-pressure medicines and antidepressants are the most common culprits, says dentist Kimberly Harms, consumer adviser for the American Dental Association. "But discontinuing them can create far worse problems than dry mouth," she says.

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Trust me. I love technology. But I think maybe with a little dental floss and a good old-fashioned hand-powered toothbrush, we can all do just fine.

The company also offers up all sorts of dental studies about how efficient the toothbrush is compared with competing models.

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