Children's Oral Health Education Program

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The Children's Oral Health Education Program is coordinated by the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) and is implemented by three full time Regional Oral Health Coordinators who are strategically located in the northern, central and southern parts of the State. A Consultant Dentist also provides dental and oral health consultation to the Program.

The Children's Oral Health Education Program consists of the "Save Our Smiles" school-based fluoride mouth rinse program and age appropriate school-based oral health education activties. The Fluoride Mouth Rinse Program represents the most active intervention to reduce the number of diseased, missing and filled surfaces on the teeth of children in elementary school. Classroom oral health activities include the Cavity Free Kids Program which includes daily tooth brushing with fluoridated toothpaste, oral hygiene education, parent education, dental screening, referral and follow-up.

A variety of educational activities such as the "Franny Flossisaurus" and "Mr. Gross Mouth" Programs are provided to elementary and middle school students. The "Miles of Smiles" newsletter is an annual publication that is distributed to schools and local health departments.

The Regional Oral Health Coordinators also provide oral health education to participants in the Women, Infants, and Children Supplemental Food Program (WIC) on topics such as baby bottle tooth decay, and oral hygiene for infants and toddlers.

Further program information can be obtained from the Regional Oral Health Coordinators as follows:

If you reside in counties of Bergen , Essex , Hudson , Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Passaic , Somerset , or Union , please contact:

Central New Jersey Maternal & Child Health Consortium
2 King Arthur Court , Suite B
North Brunswick , NJ 08902
732-937-5437
Oral Health Coordinator

If you reside in counties of Atlantic , Burlington , Camden , Cape May , Cumberland , Gloucester , Mercer, Morris, Salem , Sussex , or Warren , please contact:

Southern Jersey Family Medical Centers, Inc.
238 East Broadway
Salem , NJ 08079
856-935-6203
Deborah Tracy, RDH, MAS
Oral Health Coordinator

For more information contact the Oral Health Program at 609-943-5749.

N.J. Dental Clinic Directory

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Additional Resources

The New Jersey Dental Association's Donated Dental Services program offers reduced fee treatment for some senior citizens and persons with developmental disabilities. For further information contact the Donated Dental Services program at (732) 549-8909 for south and central New Jersey or (732) 549-8506 for northern New Jersey.