Sealant Saturday

CONGRATULATIONS & THANK YOU
PDHA  Sealant Saturday 2009 provided
3,192 Free Sealants for 924 children @ 24 clinics across PA
231 Dental Hygienists volunteered their professional expertise along with 315 dental hygiene students & 63 dentists working together to educate, motivate and inspire life-long preventive care for our needy children.
Of 924 children, 625 are living below 200% of Federal Poverty Level ~ 70%and 358 of them have active decay ~ 40%
Thank you to over 600 volunteers for sharing ‘access to disease prevention.’ 
Thank you to Dentsply Professional for donating all our Sealant Materials.
Community College of Philadelphia                                     Philadelphia DHA
Community Volunteers in Medicine – West Chester             Chester–Del DHA
3x ~ Chester Co. Community Dental Ctr. – Coatesville   Chester–Del DHA
Doylestown Hospital - Ann Silverman Clinic                       Montgomery-Bucks DHA
Harcum College – Bryn Mawr                                               Chester –Del DHA
Harrisburg Area Community College                                   Harrisburg DHA
Harrisburg Area Comm. Coll. @ Dr. Null - Gettysburg     Harrisburg DHA
Lower Bucks Co. @ Dr. A. Barot –Fairless Hills                Montgomery Bucks DHA
Luzerne County Comm. College – Nanticoke                      Northeast PA DHA
Mifflin-Juniata Dental Clinic – Lewistown                            Local PDHA members             
Montgomery Co. Comm. College – Blue Bell                      Montgomery-Bucks DHA
Northampton Comm. College – Bethlehem             Lehigh Valley DHA
Penn College of Technology- Williamsport                          North-Central DHA
Sadler Health Clinic – Carlisle                                               Harrisburg DHA
St. Joe’s Dental Clinic – Reading                                           Berks-Schuylkill DHA
St. Luke’s Mobile dental van – Quakertown             Montgomery-Bucks DHA
Tri-State Institute – Erie                                                        Northwestern DHA
4x ~ Upper Bucks County Vo. Tech                         Montgomery-Bucks DHA
University of Pittsburgh                                                         Western PA DHA
Valley Dental Center – Conneautville                                   Northwestern DHA
Water Street Dental Center – Lancaster                                Lancaster, Lebanon, York DHA
Welsh Mountain Center – New Holland                               Lancaster, Lebanon, York DHA
Westmoreland Co. Community College - Youngwood       Western PA DHA
York Co. Career & Tech Ctr. – York                                   Lancaster, Lebanon, York DHA
Update submitted 5/4/09 by J. Gleber

Final Statistics for 2008 are as follows:
Almost $156 thousand dollars worth of free dental hygiene services are donated to underserved children of Pennsylvania. Members of the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists’ Association & registered dental hygienists teamed up with dental hygiene students, EFDAs, dental assistants and local dentists to place sealants on children’s permanent teeth. This year, between January 21 and April 26th, we had a total of 24 clinical sites across Pennsylvania participating in this initative.

737 chair hours were donated by 521 volunteers: 203 dental hygienists, 267 dental hygiene students, 51 dentists and 41 EFDAs and/or dental assistants. A total of 676 exams were performed with 573 of those children receiving sealants for a total of 2801 sealants placed. Of the children examined, 189 had caries (28%) and 54 presented with pain or acute infection. All 189 children with caries were referred for further dental treatment.

Thank you to Pennsylvania-based DENTSPLY International Corporation for their generous donation of the sealant materials to make this event a huge success. This is the 6th year DENTSPLY has donated sealants to PDHA.

Thank you to Benco Dental for donating curing lights to Penn College for their Sealant Saturday program. This is the 4th year Benco has partnered with Penn Tech.

PA Children Need You to Volunteer for Sealant Saturday 2010!

Licensed dental hygienists and senior dental hygiene students work together in clinical settings screening children and applying dental sealants. If you are available, review the chart below, find the clinic closest to you, and call the volunteer contact to sign up to help. Times vary from clinic to clinic so check with the volunteer contact for the exact hours their specific clinic will be operating. If you do not see a date for your clinic of interest, contact the volunteer coordinator for the exact date.

Thank you for your help!