1. . Aggressively responding to the #1 chronic childhood disease
National Children’s Oral Health Foundation: America’s ToothFairy (NCOHF) is dedicated to eliminating children’s preventable suffering from pediatric dental disease by providing programs and comprehensive resources to deliver community-based critical preventive, educational and treatment services.
Aggressively responding to the
#1 chronic childhood disease .

2. Making a difference in the lives of
at-risk children

3. National Children’s Oral Health Foundation was created to help eliminate childhood tooth decay and ensure all children can access the comprehensive care they need for healthy, happy, and productive futures.

4. Pediatric Dental Disease
Each day, millions of children suffer from this silent epidemic
or concentrate
in school
unable to eat,
sleep

5. The Statistics
More than 51 million school hours are missed each year due to dental-related illness
Over 164 million work hours are lost annually due to dental disease
Pediatric dental disease is the primary reason for emergency room visits for children
An estimated 17 million children in America go without dental care each year
In the United States, 28 percent of children ages 2–5 have tooth decay.
US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
The PEW Center on the States. The Cost of Delay: State Dental Policies Fail One in Five Children. (2010, February)
Tanner, A. The Forsyth Institute
The PEW Center on the States. The Cost of Delay: State Dental Policies Fail One in Five Children. (2010, February)

6. The NCOHF Oral Health Zone Program®
is a comprehensive, community-based
approach to promoting oral health
The NCOHF Oral Health Zone Program is a community approach to solving a global problem and the core of all NCOHF activities supporting a comprehensive, community-based approach to promote oral health.

7. Educational Materials
Prenatal through young adult learning levels
Available in Spanish and English
Topics include nutrition, germ transmission prevention and oral hygiene (biofilm control)
Successfully used for over 6 years by community partners
Utilized in schools, health fairs, clinics and lobby learning

8. Engaging Professionals
Engaging the General Public
Affiliate Network
High School SUATS
Community Partners/Pilot Communities
America’s ToothFairy Kids Club
Practice of Distinction
Youth Mentoring Programs – Boys and Girls Clubs/Salvation Army
Esther Wilkins Education Project
Girl/Boy Scouts Patch Program
Collegiate Students United with America’s ToothFairy
Smile Drive/ToothFairy Ball/Other Fundraising

9. Pilot Communities Assess community resources Determine community needs
Develop plan for:
Education
Increasing Access
Other changes to systems
All America’s ToothFairy Affiliates share a passionate commitment to providing the very best integrated education, prevention and treatment programs for vulnerable children. .

10. Mary Vanderwert Minnesota Oral Health Zone Program Manager
National Children’s Oral Health Foundation
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