Population and Public Health Services: Dental Health

Dental caries is the most prevalent chronic illness among children. Dental disease is largely preventable and is less expensive to prevent than to treat.

During the 2003-2004 school year, Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region (RQHR), Population and Public Health Services conducted an oral health screening of Kindergarten and Grade One students. The purpose of this screening was to assess oral health needs and to identify and refer children who were in obvious need of dental treatment.

Dental Health Screening Program Report, Kindergarten and Grade One 2003-2004 summarizes the findings of the screening program for the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region. The report indicates disparities in oral health needs in our communities and neighborhoods, highlighting the need to focus our efforts on vulnerable children and their families and to advocate for additional resources for oral health.

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Population and Public Health Services conducted an oral screening of Grade One and Grade Seven students in the Region during the 2008 – 2009 school year. The purpose of the screening was to assess oral health needs, and to identify students with unmet dental needs and to refer those in obvious need of dental treatment.

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