DENTAL SERVICES DIVISION . . . 989.758.3835
Room 211
The Dental Services Division provides dental care for children in grades K-12 who meet program guidelines of eligibility. The Division provides many preventive services, such as fluoride rinses, dental prophylaxis, topical fluoride treatments, and dental sealants. The Dental Services Division now offers Wednesday evening appointments.

Dental Disease Prevention
The most cost efficient, and therefore the most desirable method used in dealing with dental disease is prevention. For instance, the use of fluoride compounds has reduced the amount of tooth decay found in the children of our county when compared to 20 years ago. Dental disease prevention covers a spectrum of many activities: the fluoridation of water supplies, dental health education, fluoride supplements and rinses, individual improvement of oral hygiene and dietary practices, and routine professional checkups. The Dental Services Division provides many preventive services for children.

Corrective Dental Services
Defects are found more frequently in teeth and their surrounding structure than in any other body tissue. Most of these defects are classified into the following four types: decay, deposits and strains, injuries, and malocclusion. There are many new techniques and improved equipment to provide better treatment for dental defects. The future holds more progress in this area. Two recent examples of technical improvements are tooth bonding and dental sealants. Soon the dental laser will be in use for dental treatments with less pain, less bleeding, and fewer postoperative complications. Making sure that these and other services are available to children is the goal of the Dental Services Division.

Dental Health Education
A better informed person is more apt to make good health choices. The Division promotes dental health education, which provides our citizens with the information they need to make proper dental health choices. During the last decade, preventive dental treatment has been very effective, and we expect this trend to continue. The Division is active in many county schools.