Fellows mentioned in this story: Diane Paloma, Cohort VIII

From University of Hawai‘i News:

Children in Hawaiʻi have among the highest rates of dental decay (cavities) in the nation with 71% of Hawaiʻi’s third graders experiencing tooth decay, according to a 2015 State Department of Health report. The report found that 7% needed urgent dental care, as compared to the national rate of 1%. Also, more than 60% of third graders in Hawaiʻi did not have sealants on permanent molars.

Hawaii Dental Service (HDS) Foundation has provided a $133,447 grant to continue the Hawaiʻi Keiki-HDS Dental Sealant Program, a public school program that screened more than 650 children during the last school year, two-thirds of whom received dental sealants at no-cost. The program is funded through a partnership between the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing (NAWSON) and the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE).

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