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On Friday, February 1, 2008, the nation's
dentists will provide free oral health care services to thousands of
low-income children across the country. The ADA's sixth annual
Give Kids A Smile® national children's dental access
program, during National Children's Dental Health Month, will enhance
the oral health of large numbers of needy children. Give
Kids A Smile activities also highlight for policy makers
the ongoing challenges that low-income and disabled children face
in accessing dental care.
The overarching concept of the initiative is to create a national umbrella for the numerous charitable education, screening, prevention and comprehensive treatment programs already in existence by having as many of them as possible occur on the same day. At the same time, the campaign provides a framework for identifying, cataloging and recognizing the many access programs that take place throughout the year.
The ADA provides a full array of tools, many of them Web-based, to support the program and makes it as easy as possible for dentists and dental societies to participate. A program planning kit is prepared, and detailed examples of different types of access programs, including step-by-step instructions on how to plan and execute those programs, is available. |
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