Join Us as we Fall for Smiles!

A recent survey from Oral Health America, Plackers dental flossers, and Oral Healthcare Can’t Wait found that in the past year, more than one-third (35%) of those who regularly visit the dentist have cut back. Though this finding tracks with the fears and realities of our current economy, routine dental visits play a vital role in preventing oral and systemic disease and keeping future healthcare costs down. This finding is one of the many reasons why on September 1, Oral Health America launched the second annual Fall for Smiles® campaign that aims to remind policymakers and the public about the importance of dental self-care, regular dental visits, healthy food choices, and avoiding tobacco products. Fall for Smiles runs through the end of October.

Beginning in September, we’ll Fall for Smiles and encourage families to talk about oral health—and we hope you will join us!  There are many ways that you can participate in Fall for Smiles.  By supporting this year’s promotion, you will encourage families to include oral health in their back-to-school and Fall routines, leading to a lifetime of healthy smiles.

Look through our Fall For Smiles Book (Simply Click to Go Full-Screen)

We have many suggestions for how you can participate on-line, via e-mail and through your social networking sites:

• Participate in our Smile Contest
• Download our Fall for Smiles activity booklet, created together with Patterson Dental
• Download our social media guide to get started!
• Post our web button on the home page of your web site and link back to this page
• Download our template letter to the editor that you can customize and send to your local newspaper
• Include Fall for Smiles messages in your listservs and eNews
• Check out our Press Release with our survey results
• Take a look at our Spanish-language press release, issued in collaboration with the Hispanic Dental Association
• Email photos to Melissa@oralhealthamerica.org for the Fall for Smiles contest
• Download our tip sheet, for how to help kids keep their mouths healthy.
• Use Facebook and Twitter to promote Fall for Smiles
• Make photocopies of the Fall for Smiles Quiz to distribute to patients in the dental office
• Read our MAT release issued in partnership with Aspen Dental.
• Download Aspen Dental’s Smile for Life document with information about oral health and older adults, created for Fall for Smiles
• Check out theFall for Smiles Coloring Sheets! Have a coloring contest  and talk about oral health in your classroom or dental office!

We would like to recognize our generous sponsors and marketing partners!

1-800-Dentist, 1-800-Snoring, Aegis Communications, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Dental Education Association, American Dental Hygienist Association, An Island Life: Hawaii Mom Blog, Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ASDOH) at A.T. Still University, American Student Dental Association, Aspen DentalAssociation of State and Territorial Dental Directors, Coconino County Public Health Service District, Consumer Guide to Dentistry, Flagstaff Community Health Action Network, Guymon Junior High School, Guymon High School, Harry J. Bosworth Company, Belmont Publications, DentalEZ Group, DentaQuest, Dental Trade Alliance, DENTSPLY International, DNTLworks Equipment Corporation, Dr. Cole, DDS, Hearthstone Housing Foundation, Henry Schein Dental, Hispanic Dental Association, Friends of Hu-Friedy, Illinois Department of Public Health, Ivoclar Vivadent, Maine Access Dental Coalition, Midmark, OralDNA Labs, Patterson Dental, PEW Children’s Dental Campaign, Plackers Dental Flossers, The Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry, Smiles Change Lives, Rochester Primary Care Network at Rushville Community Health Center, Trident

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