Community Service

Fluoride Varnish Application Program

Family Head Start. 3017 Glenwood Road, Brooklyn NY 11210

Provided basic caries screening and fluoride varnish application for children 3-5 y.o.

 

Dental Health Outreach Activity to Head Start Center

Head Start Center: 293 Neptune Avenue, 1/F, Family Head Start, Brooklyn, NY 11235

Showed and discussed educational cartoon, discussed importance of brushing teeth and flossing regularly, “bad” and “good” foods, as well as correct techniques for brushing teeth. Children were desensitized to the dental environment using tell-show-do technique.

 

Service Learning Field Project Activity

Reinforcing Oral Health Education and Positive Habits in Pre-School Children At East River Child Development Center

Provided correct technique instructions for brushing teeth for students in the East River Child Development Center and their caregivers in the form of a game. Reinforced correct food choices and importance of regular dental visits.

 

Colgate sponsored program for school kids – Greater New York Smiles Program

Greater NY Dental Meeting

  

Instructed children on correct techniques for brushing teeth, emphasized on importance of healthy food choices