National Children’s Dental Health Month is sponsored by the American Dental Association each year in February to raise awareness and promote the necessary dental hygiene habits that will lead kids to a lifetime of dental health. According to the American Dental Association, “Developing good habits at an early age and scheduling regular dental visits helps children get a good start on a lifetime of healthy teeth and gums.” Making dental hygiene fun is the first step in developing good habits for life.
The Dental Assistant students at the Ross Medical Education Center campus in Niles, OH celebrated National Children’s Dental Health Month by visiting The Learning Tree. The Learning Tree is a local preschool and daycare center in McDonald, OH. The children at The Learning Tree received a day filled with dental education and fun. The Ross students provided a coloring station, a face-painting station, and a play dough head station complete with fill & drill teeth! The Tooth Fairy even made an appearance and took pictures with the kids. According to the Tooth Fairy, “The smiles of the future never looked brighter!”
The Dental Assistant students also learned a lot that day. Mackenzi Goda stated, “At first, I was skeptical about visiting the preschool, but it made me think of different job opportunities in the dental field with children that I might enjoy.”
The Dental Assistant program at Ross Medical Education Center are designed to help prepare students for entry-level positions in the Dental Assisting field in a variety of settings and with people of all ages. This field trip helped to open students’ eyes to the possibility of pursuing a career in pediatric dentistry.