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It's not something we think about every day but dental hygiene for kids is a major issue. Childhood tooth decay is now one of the most common reasons kids visit the ER.
Category: Media Coverage
Cavities Get Around, Baby Teeth Matter
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
Fox31 Denver
Wyatt Hornsby, Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation’s Campaign Director, joins us today on Daybreak to discuss the Cavities Get Around campaign.
School eliminates sugary snack served as fruit
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
7News
A sugary snack once served as a breakfast fruit at a Denver Public School is now gone thanks to a group of parents and an organization dedicated to helping Latino families cut out sugar.
Keep the soda ban
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
Let’s hope the District 51 school board exercises better judgment about what constitutes healthy beverages than the state board of education did Wednesday.
Colorado board to vote on ending diet-soda ban in high schools
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
The Denver Post
A proposal to lift the seven-year ban on diet sodas in Colorado’s high schools would feed a variety of health problems among the state’s school kids, including obesity and tooth decay, health advocates say.
Just say no to diet sodas in Colorado high schools
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
The Colorado State Board of Education is meeting in Grand Junction on Wednesday on the Colorado Mesa University campus and will consider a policy with far-reaching impacts on the health and wellness of our state’s 900,000 public school students.
Will diet soda be allowed back in Colorado high schools?
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
Chalkbeat
After a seven-year ban, diet soda would get the green light to return to high school vending machines if the State Board of Education approves proposed changes to state beverage rules next month.
Delta Dental putting dentists among the doctors
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
Denver Business Journal
Oral health is health care, just as surely as taking care of a broken limb, a woozy stomach or a chronic condition is health care. But for as long as there have been doctors’ and dentists’ offices, they have typically been in separate places, usually with no communication between them.
Getting to the root of the problem: The benefits of providing oral health care during regular medical visits
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
The Denver Post's Aurora YourHub section
The traditional process of accessing medical and dental care is fairly straightforward. Does your child need a well-child checkup? Find a pediatrician who accepts your insurance and schedule an appointment. Need a dental check-up, cleaning or a cavity filled? Schedule a separate appointment with a dentist.
The benefits of providing oral health care during regular medical visits
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
La Junta Tribune Democrat
The traditional process of accessing medical and dental care is fairly straightforward. Does your child need a well-child checkup? Find a pediatrician who accepts your insurance and schedule an appointment.