All Aboard the Tooth Taxi
On The Road Again: A Tooth Taxi Update
by Mary Daly, Program Manager, Tooth Taxi
Update Number 56 | February 16, 2010 | Cottage Grove / Bohemia Elementary
Blue sky in Cottage Grove! Nancy Ingram RN coordinated the Tooth Taxi visit to Bohemia Elementary school in Cottage Grove, including students from other schools in the district. See att. photo of Nancy with the Tooth Taxi team. A poster advertising the Tooth Taxi was one way to get the word out to students about our upcoming visit. Cottage Grove is located at the Southern tip of Lane County and is known as the “Covered Bridge Capital of Oregon.” Several movies scenes have been shot in and around Cottage Grove over the years: Stand By Me, Animal House, Emperor of the North Pole. The school is named after James “Bohemia” Johnson, from the days of his 1863 gold discovery.
A poster advertising the Tooth Taxi
Volunteers:
New volunteers to the Tooth Taxi from the Cottage Grove community: Dr. Tammy McClung and assistant Courtney Long; Dr. Jonathan Backer and assistant Emily Cameron. Drs. McClung and Backer also volunteer with Nancy Ingram RN in addressing dental needs of the students.
New Tooth Taxi volunteers: Dr. Tammy McClung and assistant Courtney Long
A group of high school students volunteered helping to escort younger students to the Tooth Taxi for their appointments.
Visitors:
Cottage Grove Sentinel
Dr. Heringer going over the charting process with a group of teachers
Several Bohemia teachers visited the van.
Other notes:
- 53% of students screened needed treatment.
- 47% needed no treatment.
Principal Jackie Lester, Nurse Nancy Ingram and Dr. Heringer.
Fringe benefits of the job:
The high school culinary class prepared lunch for the Tooth Taxi team!
On the final day, Principal Jackie Lester invited the team to a gourmet luncheon.
Bohemia Elem Stats Feb. 16-19, 2010:
- 125 students screened
- 173 students received oral hygiene education in the classroom
- 26 students treated in the van
- $26,003 value of free dental services provided.
Summary
Tooth Taxi, September 4, 2008- Feb. 19, 2010
- 5830 students screened
- 1907 students received oral hygiene education in the classroom
- 2234 students treated in the van
- $1,489,614 value of free dental services provided.
Next week on the road: Glendale Elementary in Glendale (Douglas Co.)