Dental Foundation donates to ACAP
PRESQUE ISLE — Aroostook County Action Program, Inc.’s (ACAP) Oral Health Education Program recently received a generous $2,765 donation from the Northeast Delta Dental Foundation to purchase new equipment for ACAP’s Dental Sealant Program. ACAP serves approximately 1,000 second, third and fourth graders in all 32 Aroostook County elementary schools.
Children are provided education on the importance of proper oral health, dental screenings and dental sealants.
Dental sealants are thin plastic coatings painted into the deep grooves of back teeth to prevent dental decay on the areas most susceptible to decay. Curing lights harden sealants to the teeth.
The Northeast Delta Dental Foundation’s grant will enable ACAP to replace two old curing lights with new cordless, lightweight curing lights that are portable, durable and strong.
ACAP will begin to use the new equipment to provide sealants for Aroostook elementary students in September.
“This is an exciting opportunity for our program and the children of Aroostook County to receive this funding and support from the Northeast Delta Dental Foundation. This will allow us to update our equipment where we have not had the funding to do so. We anticipate continued success for our program with this new equipment,” stated Renee Bragdon, community education specialist of ACAP Health Services.
The secretary and assistant treasurer of the Northeast Delta Dental Foundation, Betty Andrews, stated, “This is the third grant the Foundation has awarded to ACAP since 2008. We award many grants to Maine oral health programs, and we’re enthusiastic about this grant because ACAP’s Dental Sealant Program is such an effective one.”
ACAP provides the people of Aroostook with services and programs in the areas of health, child and family, energy and housing, employment and training, and community service.
