Invitation from the Office of the Governor On September 26, 2018, I received a letter from New Jersey’s First Lady, Tammy Murphy, inviting me to attend a Black Maternal & Infant Health Leadership Summit. Her invitation read: New mothers in New Jersey are dying on average at a faster rate than the rest of the nation. For mothers…
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If you were to survey a room full of people, “At what age should a child visit the dentist for the first time?” you will most likely receive a wide spread of opinions. What we often hear from members of the community is a lack of concern for baby teeth, because they are “going to…
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Lack of oral health literacy, low-income and transportation barriers often stand in the way of children in underserved communities visiting the dentist. Once bad hygiene habits have been established in early childhood, it is significantly more difficult to reverse the damage that’s been done to primary teeth-not to mention the unhealthy precedent it sets…
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KinderSmile Pre/Postnatal Program has been re-named, re-structured and largely expanded to become KinderSmile Perinatal Health & Wellness Program (KSPHW). Most notably, the improved program provides continuity of dental care for pregnant & recently postpartum women who are uninsured to receive the treatment/education they need to be oral health ambassadors not only for their families but…
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