Dental Helpers

Subsidized youth dental care provider earns
Jewish Fund honors.

T

he Children's Dental Health
Foundation (CDHF) received
the Robert Sosnick Award of
Excellence at the Jewish Fund's 2004
annual meeting.
The Foundation was incorporated in
1999 by two Jewish dentists, Dr.
Margo Woll and Dr. Marcy Borofsky,
to provide subsidized dental care serv-
ices to children who are uninsured or
unable to pay for dental care.
Low-income and minority children
experience a disproportionate level of
oral health problems. More than 50

the Mobile Dentists, has provided
20,000 dental visits in 1,000 schools
since 1996.
"Tooth decay is the most common
infectious childhood disease — an
especially troubling fact because it is
largely preventable," said Jewish Fund
Chair David Page.
The Children's Dental Health
Foundation has developed an effective
and efficient way to provide dental
care to low-income children by treat-
ing them in school. This avoids the
problem of whether the parents are

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Back row, Eunice Moore, director, Office of Health and Physical Education,
Detroit Public Schools; Diane Dejardins, nurse at Grant Elementary School; Nancy
DeGroote, corporate director of Community Health, St. John Hospital; Anntinette
McCain, RN, Office of Health, Physical Education eT Safety, Detroit Public
Schools; Antinette Smith, Cornerstone School; Lenore Foster, nurse, Cornerstone
School; Marguerite Michaels, nurse, Nolan School; Chris Jerzylo, manager,
Children's Dental Health Foundation; and Dr. Chatman, medical director for St.
John's Healthcare School Based Clinics.
Front row: David Page, Dr. Marcy Borofsky, dental director; Susu Sosnick;
Karen Sosnick-Schoenberg ; Dr. Margo Woll, dental director

percent of tooth decay in this popula-
tion goes untreated and 51 million
hours of school are missed each year
because of dental-related illness.
CDHF provides dental services
through school-based health clinics in
the Detroit Public Schools, though a
community clinic at Crockett
Technical High School in Detroit and
through the related statewide Mobile
Dentists program. CDHF, along with

able to drive the children to the den-
tist office and takes some of the fear
out of the visit for the children
because it occurs in a familiar setting,
Page said.
"Selecting this program for the
Sosnick Award reflects the Jewish
Fund's commitment to improving the
health care of the individuals beyond
the Jewish community and recognizes

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