Request Dental Records

You can request that your childā€™s dental records and X-rays be sent to you or to a dentist/dental office if more dental care is needed. To protect your childā€™s privacy, we can only send dental records to the custodial parent or legal guardian or to a dentist/dental office for purposes of continuing dental care. For […]


Get Signed Up

Sign your child up for in-school dental care! Your child can get gentle dental care from a local dentist who comes right to your childā€™s school! This saves you from taking time off work and arranging special transportation to get to a dentistā€™s office. Ask your childā€™s school for a permission form or call today:


Parents

Keeping your kids healthy can be a big job and taking care of their teeth can get expensive. Smile New York Outreach in-school dental program is here to help! No more taking time off work or dealing with transportation to and from a dentistā€™s office. With Smile New York Outreach, your child can get the […]


Best Practices

The most effective way to get students the dental care they need is to inform parents about the program and keep the lines of communication open! Here are some best practices used by schools across New York: Automated calls/robo calls One of the best ways to reach parents is through automated calls. Below is a […]


5 Simple Steps

The Smile New York Outreach in-school dental program is designed to be stress-free for our school partners. Take these simple steps to have an in-school dentist visit your school: Schedule the date for our dental professionals to come to your school.Ā You will receive permission forms from us prior to the scheduled date. Ask teachers to […]


The Need

The poor oral health of U.S. school children has reached the crisis stage. Hereā€™s where we stand: Annually, more than 51 million school hours are lost due to poor oral health. The most common childhood disease, tooth decay, is five times more common than asthma. Just 25% of Medicaid-eligible children get any kind of dental […]


School Partners

Smile New York Outreach is an in-school dental program offering critically needed pediatric oral health care in the familiar surroundings of our partner schools. Poor oral health is a leading reason children miss school; in fact, tooth decay is the most common childhood disease, and is five times more common than asthma. The Centers for […]