Sealant Day, February 26, 2010

On Saturday, February 26, GSDHS and SCDHS dental hygienists, local dentists, and students from Seattle Central CC and Shoreline CC provided dental exams, sealants and fluoride treatments to 49 children during the GSDHS Sealant Day, which took place at Shoreline Community College. Forty nine children were seen, and 312 sealants were placed. With exams and fluoride treatments, that translates into almost $27,000 worth of free dental care.

Greater Seattle DHS wishes to thank Shoreline for hosting the event and the following RDHs, dental assistants, and DH students who gave up a Saturday morning to provide care:

Tasia Harper, RDH; Ashton Zatine, DHS Shoreline; Rachelle Anderson, DHS Shoreline; Jenni Quick, RDH; Oksana Paslavsky, DHS Shoreline Bao-Yen Tran, DHS Seattle Central Christallyn Janea, RDH Arlene Palomo, DHS Seattle Central Amy Price, DHS Shoreline Melody Clark, RDH Hayley Deane, DHS Seattle Central Nahana Kim, DHS Shoreline Anna Hurd, RDH Katie Martin, DHS Shoreline Rachel Harmon, DHS Seattle Central Michelle Hopewell, RDH Courtney Barron, DHS Shoreline Tarhyang Tambe, DHS Shoreline Shawn Anderson. RDH Bi Thai, DHS Shoreline Michelle Kim, DHS Shoreline	Andrea Higgins, RDH Melanie Lienhard, DHS Shoreline Ashley Bright, DHS Seattle Central Maxim Rivera, DA Blakeley O'Brien, DHS Seattle Central Tanya Sarnov, DHS Seattle Central Cindy Larson, RDH Erin Daniel, DHS Seattle Central Linh Tran, DHS Seattle Central Vanessa Criddle, RDH Oksana Calchik, DHS Shoreline Jody Johnson, DHS Seattle Central Melinda Lane, RDH Irina Ovtsinnikova, DHS Seattle Central Mia Jepsen, civic minded future DHS Delores Banfield, RDH Kathy Vinkhamprasewth, DA Irina Mnatsaganyan, RDH Naomi Zapareski, RDH Davina Craig, RDH Gail Arshon, RDH (and hostess with the mostest who fed us throughout the day!)

Special thanks to:

Adisa Salaka - Sealant Day Coordinator Rosie Bellert, RDH and Director at Shoreline for providing the Shoreline clinic and her assistance throughout the day. Pamela Sursely, DDS and Nikki Honey, DDS - we couldn't have done it without you! Shoreline DH Clinic Manager, Marie Batalia - who patiently kept us in supplies and instruments.

Photos from Sealant Day

Photos courtesy Delores Banfield, RDH

See you all again next year!