Good oral health helps children perform well in school and lead healthy lives. Although dental disease is largely preventable, access to oral health care is often overlooked in policy discussions about child health. Schuyler Center has been leading efforts to bring focus to prevention initiatives and expand access to services.
On December 19, Schuyler Center’s Bridget Walsh hosted a virtual conversation with Anthony J. Mendicino Jr, DDS, Dental Director, Finger Lakes Community Health and Dionne Richardson, DDS MPH, State Dental Director at New York State Department of Health. The discussion focused on the NYS Department of Health’s approach to improving children’s oral health and innovative approaches to providing services to families.
View a recording of the conversation here or below.
Previous Schuyler Conversations and webinars:
- Kids and Medicaid (November 2022)
- The Path to Universal Child Care (July 2022)
- Care for Families Improves Outcomes (May 2022)
- Budget Briefing on Child Poverty Reduction Measures (April 2022)
- The State of New York’s Children 2022 Data Briefing (January 2022)
- The Child Tax Credit with Michael Schmidt, Senior Advisor at United States Department of the Treasury and former NYS Commissioner of Tax and Finance (December 2021)
- Issues and Policies Impacting NYS Children and Families with NYS OCFS Commissioner Sheila Poole (October 2021)
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