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1981 Children’s Dental Health Month
1981 Children’s Dental Health Month
Above left, Dr. Rick Clegg demonstrates proper brushing to students at the Great Lakes Cooperative Preschool. Above right, children clapped for the real “Mr. Tooth” during the skit, To Tell the Tooth, presented at the Min neapolis District Dental Auxiliary’s Dental Health Theatre.
Above, winners of a poster contest, coordinated by the McGuire Air Force Pre ventive Dentistry officers in cooperation with McDonalds, display their posters. Staff members from left to right are Capt. John Ichiuji; Capt. Mario Robles, chief of preventive dentistry; Mrs. Vicki Gay, public relations agent, McDonalds; Col. Howard E. Smith, base dental surgeon; S. Sgt. Iris R. Gross; and Capt. George Blashford.
Above, Ronald McDonald acted as Master of Ceremonies during the awards program for a poster program held in Rhode Island. The statewide poster program was sponsored by the Rhode Island Dental Society, with the dental hygienists and assistant’s associations. Right, brushing instructions were demonstrated on the “Incredible Tooth” by Carol Dilley, dental assistant, during the Northwest Indiana Dental Society’s shopping center exhibit program. 446 ■ JADA, Vol. 103, September 1981
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Below, the Chicago Dental Society’s “Brush Bus” made weekly trips to Chicago inner city elementary schools during NCDHM carrying brushes to distribute to more than 3,000 children in ten different schools. After distributing brushes and demonstrating proper oral hygiene techniques in school as semblies, CDS dentists visited individual classrooms to answer questions and reinforce preventive dental health practices. Shown from left are CDS President Dr. Lee Levey, Kathy Byrne, honorary chairman, and Dr. Jane Selbe, Dental Health Education Committee Chairman.
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Above, the Salina, Kan, dental auxiliary and the Salina public schools sponsored a poster ex change program between students in Salina’s Meadowlark school and students in Osaka, Ja pan. Shown are Karl Nitz, 12, left, and Sam Muff, 11, arranging for display the posters made by children in Japan.
Above, Headstart children are presented a puppet show featuring “Dr. Happytooth” and the Sesame Street characters at Loyola University Dental School, Maywood, 111. Right, children demonstrate brushing techniques learned during NCDHM activities at Naval Regional Dental Center, Branch Dental Clinic, Almeda. From left to right, Danilo McNulty, Wayne McNulty, Mike McNulty, Jerry Carnillo, and Ms. Helen Granger.
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1981 Children’s Dental Health Month
Above, “Richard the Computer” was a popular attraction during the Dental Health Fair, coordinated by the West Virginia University School of Dentistry’s dental hygiene students. Specially programmed by Susan Donley, dental hygiene student at WVU, Richard asked questions about dental health and evalu ated the responses, giving continued chances to make the right answers. All correct responses brought personalized praises from Richard.
Above, “Strike Out Against Tooth Decay” was the theme at the Eielson Air Force Base Bowling Lanes. Every bowler who bowled a strike re ceived a toothbrush. The boy and the girl who scored highest received a package containing a NCDHM poster, calendar, and button. Above, “Run Your Plaque Off,” a race conducted in a popular park to create awareness of dental health, was a successful and popular activity in California’s Santa Clara County. Left, Petty Officer William Austin demonstrates an oral prophylaxis and stannous fluoride application to a group of children. US Naval Regional Dental Center, Guam.
Top, Karen McGee, local host of the national television program, P M M agazine, visited a fourth grade class during a dental health presenta
tion at Cochran Elementary School in Louisville. She interviewed each student and asked questions about fluoride and toothpaste. Directly above, presentation of Mayor’s Proclamation on Children’s Dental Health Month. Left to right: Dr. James Eisdorfer, member, Children’s Dental Health Month subcommittee; Dr. Edward Piesman, member, Children’s Dental Health Month subcommittee; Dr. Reinaldo Ferrer, Commissioner of Health of the City of New York; Dr. YalePava, director, Bureau of Dentistry, New York City Department of Health; Dr. Morton Divack, president, First District Dental Society; Dr. David Sheinkopf, chairman, Children’s Dental Health Month, First District Dental Soci ety; Dr. David Kratenstein, chairman, Community Health Committee, First District Dental Society; Dr. Irving Kasdan, assistant director, Bureau of Dentistry, New York City Department of Health.
Top, Dr. Brent L. Holman, NCDHM chairman in Fargo, ND, introduces the winners of the Smile America Contest during the Dental Health Fair sponsored by the Southeast District Dental Society. Directly above, Dr. Charles Harrold and Airman Rafael Martinez talk about good eating habits and dental health during the “Lunch With Your Dentist” program at Eielson Air Force Base schools in Alaska. Right, passersby visit the mobile dental unit sponsored by “Dames Married to Dental Stu dents” during the Toothtown Carnival in Augusta, Ga.
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Above left, Dr. Rick Clegg demonstrates proper brushing to students at the Great Lakes Cooperative Preschool. Above right, children clapped for the real “Mr. Tooth” during the skit, To Tell the Tooth, presented at the Min neapolis District Dental Auxiliary’s Dental Health Theatre.
Above, winners of a poster contest, coordinated by the McGuire Air Force Pre ventive Dentistry officers in cooperation with McDonalds, display their posters. Staff members from left to right are Capt. John Ichiuji; Capt. Mario Robles, chief of preventive dentistry; Mrs. Vicki Gay, public relations agent, McDonalds; Col. Howard E. Smith, base dental surgeon; S. Sgt. Iris R. Gross; and Capt. George Blashford.
Above, Ronald McDonald acted as Master of Ceremonies during the awards program for a poster program held in Rhode Island. The statewide poster program was sponsored by the Rhode Island Dental Society, with the dental hygienists and assistant’s associations. Right, brushing instructions were demonstrated on the “Incredible Tooth” by Carol Dilley, dental assistant, during the Northwest Indiana Dental Society’s shopping center exhibit program. 446 ■ JADA, Vol. 103, September 1981
A S S O C IA T IO N
REPORTS
Below, the Chicago Dental Society’s “Brush Bus” made weekly trips to Chicago inner city elementary schools during NCDHM carrying brushes to distribute to more than 3,000 children in ten different schools. After distributing brushes and demonstrating proper oral hygiene techniques in school as semblies, CDS dentists visited individual classrooms to answer questions and reinforce preventive dental health practices. Shown from left are CDS President Dr. Lee Levey, Kathy Byrne, honorary chairman, and Dr. Jane Selbe, Dental Health Education Committee Chairman.
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^ S M IL E AMERICA
Above, the Salina, Kan, dental auxiliary and the Salina public schools sponsored a poster ex change program between students in Salina’s Meadowlark school and students in Osaka, Ja pan. Shown are Karl Nitz, 12, left, and Sam Muff, 11, arranging for display the posters made by children in Japan.
Above, Headstart children are presented a puppet show featuring “Dr. Happytooth” and the Sesame Street characters at Loyola University Dental School, Maywood, 111. Right, children demonstrate brushing techniques learned during NCDHM activities at Naval Regional Dental Center, Branch Dental Clinic, Almeda. From left to right, Danilo McNulty, Wayne McNulty, Mike McNulty, Jerry Carnillo, and Ms. Helen Granger.
JADA, Vol. 103, September 1981 « 4 4 7
A S S O C IA T IO N
REPORTS
1981 Children’s Dental Health Month
Above, “Richard the Computer” was a popular attraction during the Dental Health Fair, coordinated by the West Virginia University School of Dentistry’s dental hygiene students. Specially programmed by Susan Donley, dental hygiene student at WVU, Richard asked questions about dental health and evalu ated the responses, giving continued chances to make the right answers. All correct responses brought personalized praises from Richard.
Above, “Strike Out Against Tooth Decay” was the theme at the Eielson Air Force Base Bowling Lanes. Every bowler who bowled a strike re ceived a toothbrush. The boy and the girl who scored highest received a package containing a NCDHM poster, calendar, and button. Above, “Run Your Plaque Off,” a race conducted in a popular park to create awareness of dental health, was a successful and popular activity in California’s Santa Clara County. Left, Petty Officer William Austin demonstrates an oral prophylaxis and stannous fluoride application to a group of children. US Naval Regional Dental Center, Guam.
Top, Karen McGee, local host of the national television program, P M M agazine, visited a fourth grade class during a dental health presenta
tion at Cochran Elementary School in Louisville. She interviewed each student and asked questions about fluoride and toothpaste. Directly above, presentation of Mayor’s Proclamation on Children’s Dental Health Month. Left to right: Dr. James Eisdorfer, member, Children’s Dental Health Month subcommittee; Dr. Edward Piesman, member, Children’s Dental Health Month subcommittee; Dr. Reinaldo Ferrer, Commissioner of Health of the City of New York; Dr. YalePava, director, Bureau of Dentistry, New York City Department of Health; Dr. Morton Divack, president, First District Dental Society; Dr. David Sheinkopf, chairman, Children’s Dental Health Month, First District Dental Soci ety; Dr. David Kratenstein, chairman, Community Health Committee, First District Dental Society; Dr. Irving Kasdan, assistant director, Bureau of Dentistry, New York City Department of Health.
Top, Dr. Brent L. Holman, NCDHM chairman in Fargo, ND, introduces the winners of the Smile America Contest during the Dental Health Fair sponsored by the Southeast District Dental Society. Directly above, Dr. Charles Harrold and Airman Rafael Martinez talk about good eating habits and dental health during the “Lunch With Your Dentist” program at Eielson Air Force Base schools in Alaska. Right, passersby visit the mobile dental unit sponsored by “Dames Married to Dental Stu dents” during the Toothtown Carnival in Augusta, Ga.
JADA, Vol. 103, September 1981 ■ 449