Medicaid SmileCaring Dental for Kids

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All kids need access to dental screening and dental care.

Greene County, Jamestown, Xenia, Fairborn, Yellow Springs, kids need dental care.

This video is from HealthCare Volunteer   professional dental volunteer Neilesh Patel

Primary medical and dental care access is limited by a shortage of resources.  We simply need more docs to man the Front Lines of Healthcare in America.

Basically, providing support to educate the docs we need is not on the politician's radar.  Videos of Oil Spills on beaches trump showing dental students making dentures for nursing home residents.  We need to Put Teeth in Medicare too!

LAW MANDATES DENTAL CHECK-UPS

To make sure your child is ready for school, California law now requires that your child have a dental check-up by

May 31 of his/her first school year. Dental evaluations that have occurred within the 12 months before your child

enters school also meet this requirement. Your school will give you the required form to take with you when your

child has his/her check-up.

If you cannot obtain a dental check-up for your child, you can apply for your child to be excused from the

requirement by completing the bottom portion of the form and marking the reasons your child could not obtain the

check-up.

You can get more copies of the necessary forms at your child’s school, by clicking on the link provided on this

website or by going to the California Department of Education’s Web site at http://www.cde.ca.gov/.

The following information, questions and answers were taken from the California Dental Association Web site,

www.cda.org and is available in several languages.

Here is important advice to help your child stay healthy:

• Take your child to the dentist twice a year.

• Choose healthy foods for the entire family. Fresh foods are usually the healthiest foods.

• Brush teeth at least twice a day with toothpaste that contains fluoride.

• Limit sodas and candy. Soda and candy contain a lot of sugar, which causes cavities and replaces

important nutrients in your child’s diet. Soda and candy also contribute to weight problems, which may

lead to other diseases, such as diabetes. The less your child eats candy and drinks soda, the better!

What should I do when I receive the notice of this new oral health requirement from my

child’s school?

If you have a dentist, and your child has not received an exam within the last 12 months, call and schedule an

appointment for an examination. If your child has seen the dentist within the last year, call your dentist’s office and

ask how they are handling this requirement and what you must do for the dentist to complete the required form

based on your child’s last regular exam. They may ask you to mail or fax the required form to them. They may tell

you they have extra copies and will complete it and send it to you.

Remember that you have until May 31 to return the required form to your child’s school. Your dentist’s office may

be handling this request for many patients and may need to space out scheduling appointments for these exams and

completing the paperwork, so as not to overwhelm their office all at one time!

If you do not have a dentist, now is the perfect time to find one! The California Dental Association

can assist you in finding a dentist at www.cda.org/finddentist.

 You can obtain assistance in finding a Medi-Cal/Denti-Cal insurance dentist by calling

1-800-322-6384 or visit the Denti-Cal website at http://www.denti-cal.ca.gov/.

 You can obtain assistance in finding a Healthy Families insurance dentist by calling

1-800-880-5305 or visiting their website at www.healthyfamilies.ca.gov/hfhome.asp.



Additionally, you can search for a community clinic in your area by clicking on this link:

www.cda.org/patient_&_community_resources/community_oral_health and looking under

NEW CALIFORNIA LAW MANDATES DENTAL CHECK-UPSTo make sure your child is ready for school, California law now requires that your child have a dental check-up byMay 31 of his/her first school year.

Dental evaluations that have occurred within the 12 months before your childenters school also meet this requirement. Your school will give you the required form to take with you when yourchild has his/her check-up.If you cannot obtain a dental check-up for your child, you can apply for your child to be excused from therequirement by completing the bottom portion of the form and marking the reasons your child could not obtain thecheck-up.You can get more copies of the necessary forms at your child’s school, by clicking on the link provided on thiswebsite or by going to the California Department of Education’s Web site at http://www.cde.ca.gov/.The following information, questions and answers were taken from the California Dental Association Web site,www.cda.org and is available in several languages.

• Here is important advice to help your child stay healthy:• Take your child to the dentist twice a year.
• • Choose healthy foods for the entire family. Fresh foods are usually the healthiest foods.
• • Brush teeth at least twice a day with toothpaste that contains fluoride.
• • Limit sodas and candy. Soda and candy contain a lot of sugar, which causes cavities and replacesimportant nutrients in your child’s diet.
•  Soda and candy also contribute to weight problems, which maylead to other diseases, such as diabetes. 
• The less your child eats candy and drinks soda, the better!What should I do when I receive the notice of this new oral health requirement from mychild’s school?If you have a dentist, and your child has not received an exam within the last 12 months, call and schedule anappointment for an examination. 
• If your child has seen the dentist within the last year, call your dentist’s office andask how they are handling this requirement and what you must do for the dentist to complete the required formbased on your child’s last regular exam. 
• They may ask you to mail or fax the required form to them. They may tellyou they have extra copies and will complete it and send it to you.Remember that you have until May 31 to return the required form to your child’s school. 
• Your dentist’s office maybe handling this request for many patients and may need to space out scheduling appointments for these exams andcompleting the paperwork, so as not to overwhelm their office all at one time!
• If you do not have a dentist, now is the perfect time to find one! The California Dental Associationcan assist you in finding a dentist at www.cda.org/finddentist. You can obtain assistance in finding a Medi-Cal/Denti-Cal insurance dentist by calling1-800-322-6384 or visit the Denti-Cal website at http://www.denti-cal.ca.gov/. You can obtain assistance in finding a Healthy 
• Families insurance dentist by calling1-800-880-5305 or visiting their website at www.healthyfamilies.ca.gov/hfhome.asp. Additionally, you can search for a community clinic in your area by clicking on this link:www.cda.org/patient_&_community_resources/community_oral_health and looking under