Tooth Tutor Program
Vermont’s Tooth Tutor program helps to
ensure that every child has access to preventive,
restorative and continuing care in a dental office.
Schools choose to participate in the Tooth Tutor Program.
A dental professional will help the school nurse update dental information in each child's school health file, assisting families who currently do not have a dentist to find a dental home for their child/children and providing a free dental screening to these children upon request.
- Approximately half of all elementary schools, and all the Head Start programs in Vermont participate in the Tooth Tutor Program.
- Most of the Tooth Tutors are funded through Early Period Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) funds but some are funded through grants, scholarships and hospitals.
The Tooth Tutor also presents dental health education in the classroom using the Tooth Tutor Curriculum. This gives students the opportunity to learn more about their teeth and their dental health.
To start a tooth tutor program in your school, please contact:
Rebecca
J. MacDonald RDH BA
Dental Health Education Coordinator
Phone: 802- 863-7341
Office of Oral Health
Vermont Department of Health
108 Cherry Street
P.O. Box 70
Burlington, VT 05402