• Update 49 - 12/21/09
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• Update 46 - 12/01/09
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• Update 38 - 10/05/09
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• Update 37 - 09/28/09 – 10/1/2009
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• Update 36 - 09/21/09
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  Ashland OCDC
• Update 34 - 09/08/09
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• Update 29 - 7/30/09
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• Update 28 - 7/20/09
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• Update 27 - 7/13/09
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  & PAL, Gresham
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• Update 23 – 6/15/09
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• Update 22 – 6/08/09
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• Update 21 – 05/25/09
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• Update 20 – 05/25/09 Brooks/Gervais
  
• Update 19 – 05/18/09
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• Update 16 – 04/27/09
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• Update 3 - 01/23/09
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• Update 2 - 01/16/09
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• Update 1 – 01/12/09
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Tooth Taxi Updates 2008

Success Stories

On The Road Again: A Tooth Taxi Update

by Mary Daly, Program Manager, Tooth Taxi
Update Number 37 | 10/1/2009 | Myrtle Creek

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After finishing up in Grants Pass we headed northeast to Myrtle Creek to leave the Tooth Taxi for the weekend. Myrtle Creek, situated along the South Umpqua river in Douglas County, is also the birthplace of U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley.

Students were seen from Myrtle Creek Elementary schools, Coffenberry Middle School as well as Canyonville Elementary.  At the end of the week Coffenberry Middle School Principal Doug Park and student Andrew Smith stopped by to give us Hornet (their mascot) t-shirts and a thank you card.  Myrtle Creek Elementary gave the team Greyhawk (their mascot) shirts as well. 

Success Stories: 

Tyler, a 13 year old boy had an abscess on a permanent molar with a broken-off crown.  We extracted the infected tooth and when we were done he said that the tooth had been aching for a year.  It hurt so bad that he had tried to pull it himself but the pain of pulling it was just too much to bear.   

A little girl with her Dad arrived for her 8:00 appointment.  She’d had a bad experience with a dentist in the past.  She didn’t want to come in the Tooth Taxi, screamed and yelled, and refused to come in.  The Dad loaded her in the car and left.  

Her teacher came out later and talked to Dr. Heringer, the little girl felt really bad, she was really scared.  The teacher asked “if there was any way we could still see her?”  Dr. Heringer took x-rays, cleaned her teeth, gave her sealants and fluoride varnish.  The little girl did fine, she had a positive experience.  The success here was the intervention of the teacher. 

Treatment was completed on the little girl (Gladys) from Griffin Creek Elementary in Medford who came to us when we were in Ashland via Maurice Hicks, President and OEA Choice Board Member. Dr. Rick Kaufman from Jacksonville-Applegate Rotary brought her to Grants Pass last week and then to Myrtle Creek for her 3rd appointment.  All of her dental work has been completed, services provided - $1,362.00 

Visitors:    

R.N. Mary Berch from the Mercy Foundation in Roseburg visited. Mary is the Health resource nurse for healthy kids outreach program.  

Holly Spruance, OEA Choice Trust, with some delicious oatmeal raisin cookies. 

From the kid gallery: 

Patient- “My brother is coming?”  James- “Yeah.”   Patient- “Why?”  James- “Oh he said he’s got a tooth that’s bothering him.” Patient- “Oh he’s gonna have fun.” 

“What do I get when I’m good?” 

“Do you have to pull my teeth out?” 

Fringe benefits of the job: 

Excellent homemade cinnamon rolls from the cafeteria. 

Myrtle Creek stats:
September 28 - October 1, 2009

• 157 students screened
• 75 students received oral hygiene education in the classroom
• 33 students treated in the van
• $26,275 value of free dental services provided.

Summary:
Tooth Taxi, September 4, 2008 - October 1, 2009

• 4650 students screened
• 719 students received oral hygiene education in the classroom
• 1714 students treated in the van
  
• $1,090,090 value of free dental services provided.

Next week on the road:
Pine Eagle Elementary in Halfway

Click here to read about a nice write up about the Tooth Taxi on the Oregon Education Association (OEA) website.

Regards, Mary