Adventist Health working with Kings Canyon Unified to bring free dental screenings to schools

ORANGE COVE, Calif. (KFSN) -- Adventist Health and Kings Canyon Unified are taking enactment to amended dental wellness successful the community.

Students astatine McCord Elementary successful Orange Cove are learning a caller subject.

"We person the grant to person the dentist connected field and springiness them an accidental to surface our preschool, kinder and first-grade students," said Principal Daisy Rebolledo.

Students besides got to larn astir dental hygiene done coloring worksheets and movies.

"It was truly awesome that the kids were interacting and they're similar 'Two! Two! Two!'," said Maresila Marceleno, with Adventist. "So they knew what 2 was -- 2 times brushing your teeth a day, 2 times a twelvemonth you spell to the dentist, 2 minutes brushing."

Adventist Health besides provided students with a toothbrush.

According to Principal Rebolledo, entree to dental providers tin beryllium hard successful lower-income communities -- similar Orange Cove -- which is wherefore escaped screenings are important for students.

"When our students person immoderate symptom oregon discomfort, they're not capable to absorption successful people and absorption connected their learning," she said.

Students near with recommendations oregon concerns from the dentist, which parents are encouraged to code with their ain provider. If they don't person one, Adventist Health provided a database of resources successful the community.

The extremity is to big much dental screenings astatine different schools successful the district.