The National Children's Oral Health Foundation (NCOHF) Oral Health Zone Program Summit, held June 20-22, 2012, in Charlotte, NC, focused on new technologies, educational resources, and strategies for breaking the cycle of pediatric dental disease in communities throughout North America.
Clinicians, educators, corporate leaders, and representatives of nonprofit community programs worked together to explore aggressive solutions to the chronic childhood disease. Preventive strategies and methods of engaging community stakeholders in efforts to promote children's oral health and channels for raising awareness of this epidemic affecting millions of children also were addressed.
"The goal of the NCOHF Oral Health Zone Summit was to support and inspire those working so diligently to improve children's oral health outcomes," said Fern Ingber, MEd, NCOHF president and CEO. "The strategies, solutions, and resources shared during the summit bring us one step closer to preventing the needless suffering of millions of children."
The summit was hosted by Pelton & Crane/KaVo Americas.
