It is an honor to contribute to their mission.” We are encouraged by the generosity of donors like Crest and Oral-B who are making it possible for more children to receive oral health education, essential preventive dental services, and products to help them establish healthy dental hygiene habits at home. We are exceedingly grateful for the dedicated members of our Dental Resource Program, including Holly and her team at Let’s Smile, who work so hard to ensure every child can have a healthy smile. “It seems inconceivable that in a nation as wealthy as ours, families are sharing a single toothbrush and children are waiting for a year or more to receive dental services, but this is the reality in many communities. “The stories we hear from our nonprofit dental partners are often heart-breaking,” America’s ToothFairy’s Executive Director, Jill Malmgren added. When I told him that yes, there is enough for everyone to get their own and he will be able to take his home, his smile lit up his face. I love when the children recognize us from the oral health pep rallies and are excited to sit in the dental chair for their clinical preventive dental services.” “One little boy looked up at me in earnest and asked if there were enough toothbrushes to give to everyone in the class or if they had to share them. “Students are often so excited to receive toothbrushes that their cheers can be heard in classrooms down the hall,” Jorgensen reported. The events also helped Let’s Smile staff identify students with urgent dental needs that could receive services through their school-based dental clinics. Oral care kits including Crest toothpaste and Oral-B toothbrushes.Educational information for caregivers, and.Activity booklets and bookmarks that reinforce the importance of healthy dental hygiene habits,.
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Instruction on how to take care of their smiles,.To help Holly and her staff serve more children, America’s ToothFairy, Crest, and Oral-B provided funding and resources to support preventive services for 1,000 children and to hold Smile Pep Rallies in schools and daycares across rural Minnesota.ĭuring the pep rallies students received: Nonprofit organizations like Let’s Smile face an ever-growing need for services and depend on charitable contributions to meet the needs of the communities they serve. The team at Let’s Smile and their executive director, Holly Jorgensen, RDH change lives by improving access to oral health care, increasing oral health literacy, and raising awareness about the importance of oral health’s impact on overall health, especially to those most vulnerable. One such organization is Let’s Smile, Inc., a safety-net dental care provider based in Owatonna, Minnesota. Holly is leading the charge in bringing Smile Pep Rallies to underserved children in Minnesota. Executive Director, Holly Jorgensen, RDH (right). It does not store any personal data.Students from Medford Elementary School in Medford, MN are excited to receive battery-operated toothbrushes from Oral-B and toothpaste from Crest after learning how to protect their smiles from tooth decay from Let’s Smile, Inc. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
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