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Staff photo by Lecia Forester The dental team from SEMO Health Network were on hand at Masterson Elementary School to help with the Fluoride Varnish Program that the school participates in twice a year. The Fluoride Varnish Program, also known as the Preventive Services Program (PSP), consists of a varnish which is applied twice during the school year. It is basically a tool kit for an Oral Health Program available to any community or school district interested in initiating such a program. Information from the National Oral Health Conference show that although fluoride use is a major public health achievement, dental decay is actually on the rise in children between the ages of two to five years-old. read more

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