DuPage County Health Department announces
Children’s contest to name new mobile dental clinic

DuPage County residents, especially children, soon will be seeing a new mobile dental clinic traveling throughout the county to serve the dental needs of youngsters who do not have access to dental care due to income or lack of insurance.

The DuPage County Health Department has received funding from the Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation to purchase a fully equipped mobile dental vehicle, which has been ordered and should be ready to go later this year. This mobile dental clinic will provide the same treatment that is provided in a professional dental office.

Tooth decay is the single most common chronic childhood disease, five times more common than asthma and seven times more common that hay fever, according to federal studies on oral health. The health department also recognizes that there are communities with children in need of dental services throughout DuPage County.

During February, which is national Children’s Dental Health Month, the health department is having a contest for children (kindergarten to eighth grade) to name this dental clinic on wheels. The contest will be promoted within schools. The entry deadline is Feb. 28 and the winner will be announced in mid-March.

The winner will receive a pizza party at school during Public Health Week in April.

For information on the contest, call the health department at (630) 682-7979, ext. 7776.

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