Annie Sauvé, a registered dental hygienist from Ottawa Public Health will provide a visual dental screening using a tongue depressor and non-latex gloves on April 15 and April 18, 2011. Only children identified as having dental needs will bring home a notification form. Follow up school visits by the dental hygienist for individual children may be required.
This does not replace a dental examination from a dentist. All children should visit their dentist for regular dental checkup. This is offered to parents in accordance with the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion, Mandatory Health Programs under the Health Protection and Promotion Act.
“Personal information recorded in the course of these assessments is collected under the authority of section 5 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.h.7,” and will be used for the purpose of dental assessment, treatment and oral hygiene instruction, and for statistical purposes.
Questions concerning the collection and use of this information should be directed to the Dental Program Manager, Dental Services Division, 400-1580 Merivale, Ottawa, ON, Tel: 613-580-6744 ext 23511
