Project #:

05-03

Applicant Name:

Virginia Beckwith, RDH

Project Title:

Establishing a Preventive Hygiene Presence Within a Community Health Center

Location:

Health Ministry of Southern Tier of NY (HMST)

Project Description:

The specific goal of our project is establish a strong preventive hygiene component within our HMST Dental Program, which currently has its emphasis on pain relief and emergency care. Scheduling of hygienists will begin as soon as possible when we have moved into our new facility. "Success" will be determined by statistics after a 1 year period, which will show a significatn increase in the number of patients who have received treatment and education from the dental hygiene staff! The statistics also will reflect the number of people in our community who otherwise would not have had access to any dental care.

Project #:

04-02

Applicant Name:

Lisa Bell, RDH

Project Title:

Champaign County Child Dental Access Program

Location:

Champaign County, Illinois

Project Description:

The Champaign County Child Dental Access Program serves children in families who have household incomes at or below 200% of the federal povery level and who live in Champaign County outside the city limits of Champaign and Urbana . We partner with area dentists and specialists, who provide dental care in their own practices' facilities are reimbursed at a reduced rate (50%) for the services they provide.

Project #:

04-04

Applicant Name:

Linda S ( Johnson ) Schultz

Project Title:

Diabetes and Oral Health Education

Location:

MCPN Altura Plaza Dental Clinic

Project Description:

This project is based on oral health education and access to care for diabetics. MCPN will provide oral health education by accessing the Diabetic Round Tables and the annual Retinal Screening Program. At the round table sessions and the retinal screening, we will survey all patients and provide oral health education for them at that time. We will also provide information about dental services available to them, set up dental screenings, and either treat the patients at MCPN or refer them to an appropriate dental site.

Project #:

04-06

Applicant Name:

Judith A ( Keller ) Harbrecht, RDH

Project Title:

Golden Oldies

Location:

Billings Deaconess Clinic - Aspen Meadows

Project Description:

Golden Oldies will establish a pilot program to bring all dental hygiene services, without the prior authorization or supervision of a dentist, into Billings Deaconess Clinic - Aspen Meadows, a Billings ' long-term care facility.

Project #:

04-09

Applicant Name:

Marsha ( Neilson ) Larrabee

Project Title:

Calaveras Children's Dental Project

Location:

Calaveras County, California

Project Description:

The Calaveras Children's Dental Project is a grant supported, community based dental public health program that provides on-site preventive treatment at elementary and preschools. It also provides oral health education to students, families and in-service training for a variety of agency personnel.

Project #:

03-01

Applicant Name:

Laura A Mallery-Sayre, RDH, BSDH, MSDHEd

Project Title:

Bottle Mouth Caries Educational PSAs via Radio and TV - A Continuation of a Second Grouping

Location:

State of Hawaii

Project Description:

This program will be a continuation of the 2002 Grant with a second grouping of PSAs geared to educating the public on the hazards of bottle feeding at night as well as filling their babies' bottles with juices and sodas. Hawaii has the highest bottle mouth caries rate of any state in the nation by six times the national average. Utilizing the media most listened to by the Hawaiian population will ensure that the message is disseminated effectively. A popular kuma hula will be working with this project as one of the main spokespersons.

Project #:

03-02

Applicant Name:

Mary L ( Leet ) Kellerman, RDH

Project Title:

Saturday Free Sealant Clinic

Location:

Windsor Dental Clinic

Project Description:

Initiate a Saturday Free Seals Program as an added component to CHA's Dental Outreach Programs already in place in elementary schools. Our Windsor Dental Clinic already sees children two Saturdays per month for prophylactic services as well as restorative and extractions when necessary. An operatory set-up for dental sealant placements would be a welcome addition in light of both the high caries rate and the low socio-economic status of our clients.

Project #:

03-05

Applicant Name:

Kristen L ( Yemm ) Simmons, BSDH, RDH

Project Title:

A Community Based Model of Dental Health and Prevention

Location:

Early Head Start of Portland Administrative Office

Project Description:

To meet the needs of the community by training non-dental professionals to conduct an oral health screening by utilizing a specially developed curriculum focusing on children from birth to three years and to educate parents about oral disease prevention so they can continuously reinforce the message; to partner with oral health professionals and systems to provide resources to periodically assess the disease status and provide topical fluoride treatments for Early Head Start Children.

Project #:

03-07

Applicant Name:

Deborah L ( Messmer ) Gerecke, RDH

Project Title:

SEMO Smiles

Location:

Kennett Elementary Schools

Project Description:

This project is a part of an annual school-based dental sealant program. Dates are coordinated as soon as the school year begins in the fall. Manufacturers are contacted for donations of sealant materials and toothbrushes. Approximately one month prior to scheduled sealant dates, the school nurses send permission forms home to parents of children enrolled in Medicaid that are returned within two weeks. On sealant dates, all those involved gather to set up a dental clinic in the school library. Children are given individual oral hygiene instructions, screened for sealants, and, if possible, volunteer dental hygienists place sealants.

Project #:

02-04

Applicant Name:

Nancy J ( Reiss ) Rublee, RDH, CDHC

Project Title:

Price County Oral Health Check

Location:

Price County Health Department

Project Description:

This project was developed to address the unmet oral health needs of low-income women and children. I have utilized health department programs, adding oral health education, screening services, case management of dental needs, and referral services to Family Planning and WIC programs. New programs were developed to offer schools sealant and fluoride rinse programs. I have the responsibility of monitoring a countywide fluoride supplement program. I have begun researching the use of fluoride varnish therapy for preventation of early childhood caries. A database is being established on the oral health of WIC mothers.

Project #:

02-07

Applicant Name:

Laura Mallery-Sayre, RDH, MSDHEd

Project Title:

Bottle Mouth Caries Prevention, A Media Approach

Location:

State of Hawaii

Project Description:

Bottle Mouth Caries is the highest level in the United States among the Hawaiian population. No effort has been made to educate the population through popular media programs such as television and radio. The development of "local style" announcements should reach a large segment of those that are in the statistical group identified. The announcements will be produced in a manner that will allow them to be utilized throughout this year and many years to come. It is the belief of this researcher and educator that the impact of this program will have far-reaching impact on reducing the incidence of bottle mouth caries in Hawaii.

Project #:

01-02

Applicant Name:

Patricia M (Cain ) Kemp, RDH

Project Title:

School-based Sealant Program

Location:

Seven schools in Dubuque County

Project Description:

Seven schools in Dubuque County have been served for the past two years by the School-based Dental Sealant Program. The schools included have the highest percentage of free and reduced lunch participants. As statistics show, these are also the children least likely to access dental services in private dental offices, and only then when in pain. This is a free, preventive program -- sealants PREVENT cavities in back teeth. Additionally, any child examined and found to have decay is assisted in getting dental care, which historically is forty-five percent of the children served.

Project #:

01-03

Applicant Name:

Diane M (Brucato) Thomas, RDH, EF, BS

Project Title:

The Role of Clinical and Non-Clinical Professionals in Preventing Abuse and Neglect

Location:

Hawaii Institute for Wellness in Dentistry

Project Description:

A domestic violence workship that specifically covers head, neck and oral injuries, overlooked here in the past. The instructor, Lynn Douglas Mouden, DDS, is an expert with a collection of extensive slides and able to train others on what to look for in the oral cavity in terms of domestic violence; specifically head, neck, and oral injuries; often a window to a history of abuse. Early detection can reduce such injuries and save lives.