Wisconsin Oral Health Program
Beyond Lip Service Program
On March 3, 2006, the Department of
Health and Family Services announced that it was awarding more than
$125,000 to counties in northern Wisconsin and to the Lac Courte Oreilles
tribe to prevent tooth decay in children.
A 2002
survey (PDF, 1338 KB) of
Wisconsin third-graders found nearly half of the northern region’s
children, 46 percent, had untreated decay – the highest of any region in
the state. Funding will support local efforts to provide fluoride treatments
and supplements given to children by local health departments, schools, or
primary health care providers.
Wood, Ashland, Bayfield, Iron, Price, and Taylor counties will receive
nearly $8,000 per year through 2007 for fluoride varnish projects.
The Vilas County Health Department will be awarded $1,196 to expand its
fluoride mouth-rinsing program. The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa will receive approximately $12,400 for community water
fluoridation.
Oneida, Langlade, Lincoln, Forest and Taylor counties will receive
between $6,000 and $8,000 per county for oral health data collection awards.
In 2005, Price, Bayfield, Iron, and Ashland counties received money for data
collection.
Funding for this project was provided by the University of Wisconsin
School of Medicine and Public Health from The Wisconsin Partnership Fund for
a Healthy Future.
Beyond Lip Service poster session, National Oral Health
Conference (PDF, 46 KB)
For further information, please contact the grant administrator:
Lisa Bell, RDH
State Dental Hygiene Officer
(608) 266-3201
Email: bellla@dhfs.state.wi.us
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