Seal America: The Prevention Invention is designed to assist professionals in planning, launching, implementing, and sustaining school-based dental sealant programs. This edition pairs the manual with a training that further prepares professionals to plan and operate programs.
In addition to offering a step-wise approach for planning and implementing school-based dental sealant programs, the Seal America manual addresses issues related to referring students with unmet oral health needs to a dental clinic or office. Professionals working in established school-based dental sealant programs may also find the manual of interest as they work to improve specific aspects of their program.
School-Based Dental Sealant Program Training is a series of modules designed to ensure that school-based dental sealant program staff have a thorough understanding of the history, operations, and underlying fundamentals of the program. The training, previously a stand-alone resource known as School-Based Dental Sealant Programs, provides detailed guidelines for infection control in school-based programs; discusses tooth selection and assessment for dental sealants; reviews the dental-sealant-application process; and provides information about program operations. The training now contains step-by-step techniques used to apply dental sealants, which were formerly found in the Seal America manual.
We hope that, with the help of the manual and the training, other professionals will launch and implement effective programs with staff who are well prepared to help children from vulnerable populations enjoy the best possible oral health and quality of life.
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This edition of Seal America: The Prevention Invention was updated by the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center. See Acknowledgements for a list of contributors and reviewers.
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