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Delta Dental Celebrates National Children’s Dental Health Month with PSAs, Special Events—and Captain Supertooth!
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month. We’re using this opportunity to reach as many people as possible about the importance of children’s oral health.
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Check out the latest PSA
produced the Delta Dental of New Jersey
Foundation, New Jersey Dental
Association, and Give Kids A
Smile. It features Emmy-award winning actress Julia Barr, star of All My Children, who has a very important message about oral health for all of our children.
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The Foundation also worked with the New Jersey Dental Association on the annual Give Kids A Smile Day, where patients received free cleanings, screenings, X-rays, fillings, extractions, fluoride treatments, oral health education, and other services.
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Captain Supertooth--Delta Dental’s caped crusader of oral health—this month will visit more than 25 schools and more than 7,000 kids in kindergarten through second grade in New Jersey and Connecticut. In addition, Captain Supertooth and Delta Dental of New Jersey employee volunteers will be at Children’s Dental Health Awareness Day at the
Liberty Science Center later this month.
Finding Dentists Who Treat Patients with Special Needs
Good oral health is vitally important to everyone. But for those with special needs, maintaining good oral health can be difficult. Many dental practices aren’t equipped to handle patients with severe physical or developmental disabilities. Fortunately, several clinics offer such services, as well as some dentists in private practice.
Click here for a list of
clinics. To find a private dental practice in your area that serves patients with special needs, please email
Eric Elmore at the New Jersey Dental Association.
Delta Dental Plans Association Launches Wellness Blog
One of the challenges each of us faces is staying focused on our oral health between dental appointments. To help, the
Delta Dental Plans Association (DDPA) recently introduced a
new blog about oral health. The blog dispenses oral health tips and information from Dr. Bill Kohn, DDPA’s vice president of dental science and policy. Dr. Kohn, the former director of the
Division of Oral Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is a well-respected voice in the dental industry with more than 30 years of experience.
Check it out!
Other Healthy ‘Bytes’
Besides the new blog, Delta Dental offers lots of other ways to learn more and stay focused on oral health. Here are a few:
- @DeltaDental, DDPA’s Twitter
feed, sends regular tweets about oral health and wellness.
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Oral Health and Wellness, a section of Delta Dental of New Jersey’s website, contains hundreds of articles about oral health issues affecting people of every age. There’s a whole area devoted exclusively to pediatric oral health, which covers issues from preventing dental injuries to helping youngsters prepare for their first dental visit.
- Dental
Connections, our video library of nearly two dozen videos, covers a wide range of topics, from how-to advice on brushing and flossing to handling dental emergencies, quitting smoking, and much more.
- “Kid’s Club” is a special area of our website designed especially to teach kids about oral health while having fun.
Share the News about Member News
You already know Member News is a great way to get the most out of your Delta Dental benefits. Be sure to share Member News with your family, co-workers, and anyone else you know who is interested in learning more about oral health. Subscriptions are absolutely free.
To sign
up, they just have to click here and enter their email address in the box. We also don’t sell or share our mailing list with anyone, so no one will be spammed by signing up.
Contacting Other Delta Dentals
Did you know that there are 39 independent companies—including Delta Dental of New Jersey—that make up the Delta Dental Plans Association? Most “Delta Dental” members who live in New Jersey and Connecticut are covered by Delta Dental of New Jersey. But if you or your spouse work for a company that is headquartered in another state, you may be a member of a different “Delta Dental.” Anytime you have a question about your dental benefits, be sure to contact the right Delta Dental. Check with your HR rep if you aren’t sure which Delta Dental company covers you.
Find out how to contact other Delta Dental companies here.
Contact Us!
Member News is published monthly by
Delta Dental of New Jersey, Inc., P.O. Box 222, Parsippany, NJ 07054-0222. Comments and suggestions are welcomed; please e-mail the editor, Diane Belle. In Connecticut, Delta Dental Insurance Company writes dental coverage on an insured basis and Delta Dental of New Jersey administers self-funded dental benefit programs.
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