February is Children's Dental Health Month!

Please use this flyer from Oral Health Kansas to help promote Children's Dental Health Month!  Did you know that and estimated 51 million school hours per year are lost due to dental-related illness?  Poor oral health has been linked to decreased school performance, poor social relationships, and less success later in life.  Head Start and Early Head Start provide dental screenings for every child and strive to provide learning experiences necessary to succeed in school.  For more information on the link between oral health and learning, download this fact sheet from the National Maternal & Child Oral Health Resource Center.