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WOHC MEMBER
SPOTLIGHT
Congratulations to Matt Crespin of Children's
Health Alliance of Wisconsin for receiving the 2008
Young Hispanic Professional of the Year
award
From left to right: Ed Flynn,
police chief, City of Milwaukee
Karen Ordinans, executive
director, Children's Health Alliance of
Wisconsin
Matt Crespin, oral health project
manager, Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin
Gil
Llanas, president, Hispanic Professionals of Greater
Milwaukee
Matt
Crespin, RDH, BS, CDHC, oral health project manager,
Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin received the
award at the Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee
(HPGM) annual meeting on August 22.
HPGM is a multicultural, multigenerational group of
Hispanic professionals creating a dynamic environment
for members to thrive by fostering leadership,
mentoring, education, networking and new Hispanic
initiatives. HPGM's annual meeting celebrates the
organization's accomplishments, awards five scholarships
supporting postgraduate studies, and highlights the
newly nominated Hispanic Professional of the Year and
Young Hispanic Professional of the Year.
Crespin received his Bachelor of Science Degree in
Health Sciences from Marquette University in 2002 and
his Community Dental Health Certificate from Northeast
Wisconsin Technical College in 2007. As oral health
project manager for the Alliance, Crespin administers
the Wisconsin Seal-A-Smile Program, a school-based
sealant initiative for low-income children. Crespin also
facilitates the Wisconsin Oral Health Coalition working
to improve oral health access for children and
families.
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WISCONSIN NEWS
Wisconsin Seal-A-Smile
Report
The 2007-08 Seal-A-Smile (SAS)
program has completed its seventh successful year. More
than $190,000 were awarded to 21 programs statewide.
These programs held 200 different school-based and
school-linked dental sealant events throughout the year. This
year, programs screened 9,860 children and placed 6,254
sealants on children, nearly 500 more sealants than last year.
In addition to sealant delivery, more than 14,000 children
received oral hygiene education either in classroom
presentations or chair side. Almost half (47.1 percent) the
children screened were found to have untreated decay with 5.2
percent having urgent dental needs.
The 2008-09 grantees were also recently
announced. For a list of the grantees click here.
Wisconsin receives CDC State Cooperative
Agreement
Award
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced that 16
states will receive a total of $4.6 million over the next year
and approximately $22 million over the next five years to
strengthen their oral health programs and improve the oral
health of their residents.
The states receiving
these awards are Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut,
Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota,
Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
and Wisconsin. The new cooperative agreements range from
$234,408 to $355,000 per year and are renewable for up to 5
years. The funding is designed to improve basic state oral
health services including program leadership and staff
support, monitoring oral disease risk factors, and developing
and evaluating disease prevention programs, such as community
water fluoridation and school-based sealant
programs.
Wisconsin's award was $300,000
annually which is renewable for up to five
years. For more information on oral health,
visit the CDC Web
site.
Wisconsin Oral Health Coalition Annual
Forum
The Wisconsin
Oral Health Coalition (WOHC) will host their annual forum in
Stevens Point, Wisconsin on November 6, 2008 at the Ramada Inn
(formally the Country Springs Hotel and Conference
Center). The purpose will be to discuss the
strategic plan of the coalition and evaluate what the
coalition has accomplished and would like to address in the
coming year. Save the date now, invitations and more
information to follow. For more information contact
Matt
Crespin.
Continuing education
opportunity
Dental health care is the largest
unmet health need for Wisconsin Children and Youth with
Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN). Children's Health Alliance
of Wisconsin in partnership with Waukesha County Technical
College (WCTC) will hold an educational event, Improving
the Oral Health of CYSHCN: A Team Approach, on Friday,
Sept. 26, 2008 at WCTC.
The goal of this event is to increase knowledge and comfort
level of oral health practitioners treating CYSHCN. This event
is approved for seven continuing education credits and is
recommended for dentists, dental hygienists, dental
assistants, dental business staff and students of
dental-related programs.
The keynote speaker is, Brian Hodgson, DDS, assistant
professor, Marquette University School of Dentistry, Division
of Pediatric Dentistry. Hodgson's keynote address, Tools
& Teamwork: Addressing the Oral Health Needs of the
Special Child, will provide attendees with an
understanding of the unique individualized oral health needs
of CYSHCN and their families.
For further information contact, Diane
Flanagan, oral health project manager - CYSHCN at
(414) 292-4015. Click
here to view the invitation.
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NATIONAL
NEWS
Dental Insurance
Crisis
One hundred million Americans do
not have dental insurance and the lack of coverage is leading
to problems, such as school absence, unemployment and death.
For video feed of report click
here .
Turning to Emergency
Rooms for Dental Procedures
More people without dental insurance are showing up in
emergency rooms across Ohio to have infected teeth
pulled, bleeding gums treated and other problems that could
have been prevented with routine cleanings. Emergency rooms
aren't designed to provide routine dental care, but are often
the only option for some of the roughly 4 million Ohioans who
don't have dental coverage. To read more click
here.
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