Oral Health
Suwannee Valley 4Cs networks with
local dental providers to assist in increasing dental care for our enrolled
children and prenatal moms and to provide developmentally appropriate oral
health education to our enrolled children, their families, our staff and the
community.
If you have any
questions or concerns regarding your child's oral health, please feel free to
call Suwannee Valley 4Cs Dental Hotline
at 754.2230 during normal business hours (Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4
p.m.) and speak with our Oral Health Specialist.
List of topics from the American Dental Association
Parent Education Brochures from the American Association of Pediatrics
National Maternal and Child
Oral Health Resource Center
Where People with Special Needs Can Obtain Dental
Care
Medicaid Transportation
Information
Grants
Suwannee Valley 4Cs is the recipient of the Harris Fund
Grant and the Oral Health Initiative grant.
The Harris
Fund provides grants up to $5,000 to organizations that serve children through
preventative oral health education and treatment. Grants are for supplies and
materials, and the program is offered annually.
The Head Start Oral Health Initiative funds efforts to
develop, implement, and disseminate culturally sensitive, innovative and
empirically based best practice models that target young children, birth to five
years, and pregnant women. A link is provided below on the results of the
Community Provider Survey and Participant Survey, the Pregnant Women Oral Health
Risk Assessment, packets for children / parents, and the written
initiative.
Community Provider
Survey and Results
Participant Survey and
Results
Pregnant Women
Oral Health Risk Assessment
Child / Parent Packet
Written
Initiative
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