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Media Coverage and Press REleases
Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation Announces Inaugural Oral Health Champions Awards Winners
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, DDCOF Press Releases
Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation today hosted the inaugural presentation of Oral Health Champion Awards. The awards celebrate efforts to help eradicate cavities in Colorado’s children. Two individuals and one organization were honored at the event.
Inner City Health Center Now Providing Dental Care for Children and Teens During Regular Medical Visits
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, DDCOF Press Releases
Inner City Health Center (ICHC) is now offering a variety of preventive dental health services for children and teen patients during regular medical visits. These dental visits take place during sick visits or well-child checkups in the medical clinic. The preventive services available include oral exams, screenings, fluoride varnishes and sealants.
Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation Issues Request for Applications to Fund Community Projects Seeking to Improve Children’s Oral Health
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, DDCOF Press Releases
Press Release
April 2015
Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation today issued a statewide request for applications (RFA) to fund projects working to improve children’s oral health in local communities. Approximately $100,000 in funding is available through this RFA, with awards ranging from $1,000 – $15,000 per grant.
Effort to stop tooth decay in young Colorado children
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
9News reported on the state of children’s oral health in Colorado. Dr. Scott Hamilton, a foundation board member and a pediatric dentist at the Cavity Free at Three Clinic at Children’s Hospital, was interviewed. The article also featured a story about a common scene in the operating room: a family with a child who has severe decay.
Opinion: Working to provide care in Colorado’s ‘dental deserts’
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
With a record 1.1 million people now covered for dental care under Medicaid, the “dental desert” is heating up in Colorado. Deborah Foote, executive director of Oral Health Colorado, provides insight about what solutions oral health advocates in Colorado have been working on to address oral health equity and access to dental care throughout the state.
Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation Launches Five-Year Initiative to Increase Access to Preventive Dental Care in Primary Care Settings
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, DDCOF Press Releases
Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation, funded by Colorado’s leading dental benefits company, Delta Dental of Colorado, announced the launch of the Colorado Medical-Dental (CO MDI) Project. This five-year initiative involves the placement of dental hygienists in 16 Colorado primary care medical clinics in an expansive effort to increase access to preventive dental health services.
Tooth decay: A silent epidemic, especially for poor kids in Colorado
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
At Children’s Hospital Colorado alone, more than 3,000 children visited the operating room for dental surgery last year. The cost: $10,000 to $15,000 per case, said Dr. Patty Braun, a pediatrician at Denver Health. CPR’s John Daley reported on dental care and poverty.
Healthy Smiles comes to schools
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, Media Coverage
Students in the Lake County School District can participate in the Healthy Smiles Program offered by Summit Community Care Clinic.The program started at West Park Elementary School on Feb. 5. The Healthy Smiles Program will move to the Lake County Intermediate School and then Lake County High School.
New Exhibit at Children’s Museum of Denver teaches young children and families about proper dental care through hands-on play
- Delta Dental Foundation
- News, DDCOF Press Releases
Village of Healthy Smiles, the Children’s Museum of Denver’s newest exhibit, is designed to teach children about dental health through engaging hands-on exploration. The experience, specifically created for children three and under, will open to the public Saturday, February 21.
Set healthy habits for kids’ teeth this February
is Children’s Dental Health Month, a time to educate families across our state on what we can all do at home to help prevent the No. 1 chronic disease in kids today: tooth decay. As part of National Children’s Oral Health Month and to promote our new brush-together pledge, an op-ed piece by Dr. Okuji ran in the Fort Collins Coloradoan.
