Give Kids A Smile
Dental pros, students, work to ‘Give Kids A Smile’
THE CHIPPEWA HERALD, CHIPPEWA FALLS – FEB. 4, 2013
“Casey Ness of Chippewa Falls says it probably would have taken her months to get her 5-year-old son Jordan to see a dentist. “He’s got a lot of tooth decay,” she said.”
Dentists and staff volunteer to ‘Give Kids A Smile’
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE, GREEN BAY – FEB. 2, 2013
“Sixty eight kids have brighter smiles — and the tools and information to help keep them shining bright — after local dentists and dental care teams donated their time, resources, and talents for Door County’s seventh annual Give Kids A Smile Day on Friday.”
Dentists and staff volunteer to ‘Give Kids A Smile’
DOOR COUNTY ADVOCATE, DOOR COUNTY – FEB. 2, 2013
“Sixty eight kids have brighter smiles — and the tools and information to help keep them shining bright — after local dentists and dental care teams donated their time, resources, and talents for Door County’s seventh annual Give Kids A Smile Day on Friday.”
Children receive dental care on “Give Kids a Smile Day”
WEAU 13 NEWS, EAU CLAIRE – FEB. 1, 2013
“More than 100 children across the Chippewa Valley now have brighter smiles thanks to Chippewa Valley Technical College.”
40 Waukesha teens gets free dental care
FOX 6 NEWS, MILWAUKEE – FEB. 1, 2013
“There are plenty of kids who either dread going to the dentist, or put it off because it’s too expensive for their families.”
Lisa Bahr discusses Give Kids A Smile event
FOX 6 NEWS, MILWAUKEE – JAN. 28, 2013
“Lisa Bahr, from the Waukesha County community Dental Clinic, joins FOX6 WakeUp to discuss the Give Kids A Smile Event. The event will be held at the Waukesha County community Dental Clinic on February 1st from 8 a.m. -3 p.m. and February 8th from 8 a.m. -3 p.m.”
Free dental exams for children offered Friday
RACINE JOURNAL TIMES, RACINE – JAN. 26, 2013
“The Racine County Dental Society will partner with Health Care Network Inc. for the 10th annual Give Kids a Smile Day from 9 to 11:45 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at Health Care Network, 904 State St.”
Kids get free dental screenings at Marquette University
FOX 6 NEWS, MILWAUKEE – JAN. 26, 2013
“Hundreds of kids left the Marquette University Dental School beaming from ear to ear. The little ones took part in the “Give Kids A Smile” day.”
More than 600 kids receive free dental care
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, MILWAUKEE – JAN. 24, 2013
“More than 600 children from ages 3 to 16 in Milwaukee will receive free dental exams, cleanings and fluoride treatments on Saturday at the 11th annual Give Kids A Smile Screening Day.”
Mission of Mercy
Big free dental clinic ‘a godsend’ as scores of patients line up
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, JUNE 29, 2012
Denise Atkinson came to the Alliant Energy Center at 2:30 a.m. Friday with a toothache. She was the 297th person in line when the doors opened three hours later for a massive free clinic run by the Wisconsin Dental Association. Volunteer dentists pulled her tooth, which had been painful for a year and a half after a filling fell out and exposed the root.
1,500 people get care at nation’s largest free dental clinic
WKOW-TV CHANNEL 27, JUNE 29, 2012
What’s being called the country’s largest charitable dental clinic is here in Madison Friday and Saturday. Organizers say about 1,500 patients got dental care for free just within the first day of the two-day clinic. People lined up outside and inside the Alliant Energy Center’s Exhibition Hall, but these people couldn’t be happier to wait.
Large free dental clinic serves 1,700 in 6 hours
WISC-TV CHANNEL 3000, JUNE 29, 2012
A free dental clinic at the Alliant Energy Center has served 1,700 people in just its first six hours, according to organizers. The Wisconsin Dental Association and its Mission of Mercy are hosting the event Friday and Saturday to serve the thousands of people without dental insurance.
Free dental care clinic in Madison
WMTV-TV CHANNEL 15, JUNE 29, 2012
At the Alliant Energy Center today and tomorrow the Mission of Mercy will be offering dental care free of charge to folks. We’re told by one volunteer that this is the largest charitable dental event in the country.
Free dental clinic to be largest ever in U.S.
WISCONSIN RADIO NETWORK, June 25, 2012
The Wisconsin Dental Association is holding its annual free clinic Friday, touting it as the largest charitable dental clinic ever in the U.S. Past clinics took place in Sheboygan, Wausau and LaCrosse but this year organizers decided to set up in the more-populated Madison. More hands will be on deck this year with 1,500 from 222 communities providing $1.7 million in free dental care.
With free clinic, dentists hope to fill gaps in care, not just cavities
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, June 24, 2012
More than 150 dental chairs will be set up Friday and Saturday at Alliant Energy Center for a free clinic expected to provide extractions, fillings, dentures and cleanings to about 3,000 patients.
Dentists join Mission of Mercy
GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE, June 22, 2012
Fourteen dental professionals from Door County plan to head to Madison on June 29 to join forces with the largest two-day charitable dental health clinic ever.
Fluoride and community water fluoridation
Fluoride’s benefits are too important to ignore
WAUPACA COUNTY POST WEST, JANUARY 10, 2013
A handful of Wisconsin communities, often at the urging of out-of-state-activists, have recently given serious thought to eliminating fluoride from public water supplies. That’s a terrible idea that would severely threaten the oral health of our state’s children, adults, seniors and families.
Council reaches compromise on fluoride issue
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, JULY 24, 2012
The great Milwaukee fluoride debate is over. The city’s Common Council on Tuesday agreed to direct the Milwaukee Water Works to lower the concentration of fluoride in the city’s drinking water.
See photos from the public hearing at Milwaukee City Hall on May 31, 2012 to address Ald. Bohl’s proposal to remove fluoride from the city’s public water system.
Alderman puts city’s fluoridated water on trial
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, MAY 31, 2012
A marathon Common Council committee hearing took the tone of a court trial Thursday as Ald. Jim Bohl cross-examined more than a dozen people who opposed his proposal to immediately stop fluoridating Milwaukee’s drinking water.
Stick with fluoridation; it’s safe and it works
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, MAY 31, 2012
Most health care professionals don’t buy the argument that fluoridation is ineffective and dangerous. Neither should Milwaukee aldermen.
Alderman calls to end fluoridation of Milwaukee’s drinking water; health leaders disagree
WUWM MILWAUKEE PUBLIC RADIO, MAY 30, 2012
For more than 50 years, the city of Milwaukee has been adding fluoride to its drinking water. Now, a Milwaukee alderman is calling for an end to that practice, claiming the chemical is dangerous.
Milwaukee alderman wants fluoride removed from city’s water
TODAY’S TMJ4, MAY 29, 2012
Alderman Jim Bohl and Matt Crespin, associate director of the Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin debate the Fluoride proposal
URGENT CALL TO ACTION: Anti-fluoride legislation threatens oral health in metro Milwaukee
WISCONSIN ORAL HEALTH COALITION, MAY 29, 2012
Special edition: Milwaukee Alderman James Bohl is putting forward legislation to remove fluoride from the city of Milwaukee’s public water system. This threatens the oral health of more than 861,000 people who live in Milwaukee and 16 other communities served by Milwaukee Water Works.
Alderman calls for ending fluoridation of Milwaukee’s drinking water
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, MAY 29, 2012
Milwaukee Ald. Jim Bohl set off a chain reaction of news conferences Tuesday after he called for an end to fluoridating the city’s drinking water and told reporters he drinks bottled water because he doesn’t trust the safety of Milwaukee tap water.
Milwaukee review: No reason to remove fluoride from water
FOX6 NEWS, MAY 29, 2012
A Milwaukee Health Department review of research and relevant studies on water fluoridation shows there’s no reason to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water.
Access to care
Children to receive $30,000 in donated care at 14th annual Head Start Dental Day
FOX6 NEWS, OCT. 6, 2012
A team of more than two-hundred volunteers consisting of dental professionals as well as dental and hygiene students performed teeth cleanings for local preschoolers. Marquette University School of Dentistry hosted the annual Head Start Dental Day.
Emergency dental care up 16%; lack of insurance cited
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, FEB. 27, 2012
Preventable dental conditions resulted in an estimated 890,000 emergency department visits nationally in 2009, a 16% increase from 2006, according to a report from the Pew Center on the States. The problem can be seen in Wisconsin and is a long-standing frustration for the Wisconsin Hospital Association.
Dental education
On the job with a dentist
WQOW, APRIL 5, 2013
Dr. Lonnette Breneman (Eau Claire) demonstrates what a typical day in the life of a dentist is like. She addresses the importance of brushing two times a day, decay and the benefits of community water fluoridation.
Dispute over state grant for dental program
WSAU, JULY 25, 2011
A proposed dental school at Marshfield Clinic is in danger of losing a $10-million state grant. The state says the grant was intended to provide a rural outreach dental facility, not to build a dental school. Some of the money could be used to train dentists who already have their degrees to help in rural areas. But the state sent a letter to Marshfield Clinic saying that building a dental school would not be covered.
Dental Center’s $10 million grant at risk
MARSHFIELD NEWS-HERALD, JULY 23, 2011
A $10 million state matching grant to the Marshfield Clinic’s new Rural Dental Outreach Center might be at risk if the center becomes a dental school. In a letter to Clinic President Dr. Karl Ulrich and Vice President Dr. Douglas Reding, Department of Administration Administrator Jeff Plale wrote “that the state grant may not be used to fund the construction of a dental school.” According to the letter, an agreement between the state, DOA and the clinic outlined that “a rural dental education facility would be used to train dental residents and post baccalaureate students, but not dental students.”
WDA news and views
Baby Teeth Matter for Kids
ASHLAND CURRENT, MARCH 13, 2012
The 3,000-member Wisconsin Dental Association wants parents and caregivers to know baby teeth matter, because children can keep them – especially the back teeth or molars they chew with – until their early teens. This is the main message of a new 30-second “Chew On This” television spot that began airing statewide on cable and over-the-air stations in February – National Children’s Dental Health Month.
