Oral Health Program

A former Head Start specialist shared her 51 years of experience, emphasizing the Metro Health Oral Health Program's critical role as a 'heartbeat' for Head Start's mission by ensuring children's access to continuous dental care and providing support beyond clinics.

A retired dental hygiene professor spoke about her experience with a collaborative grant that developed a pediatric dental model for Head Start programs, emphasizing its success in providing preventive services, case management, and breaking down treatment barriers for low-income children.

A retired dentist with 24 years of practice discussed his hands-on involvement with the program, highlighting the prevalence of decay in children, the pain and infection it causes, and the program's crucial role as the only entity providing these services to children in San Antonio.