Educators! The mouth is the gateway to the body and keeping it clean and healthy helps prevent bigger issues, like cavities, that may affect other conditions. Teaching good oral health habits early is one way you can help! The Delta Dental of Virginia Foundation provides several resources below to help make it possible to provide important oral health lessons to your students:

• Smart Smiles is the Delta Dental of Virginia Foundation's oral health curriculum for grades K-5. There are videos, worksheets and lessons tied specifically to Virginia SOLs available on this page below. You can teach all of the lessons or pull from the ones that you think would interest your students the most.
• The Delta Dental Institute has partnered with PBS Kids to provide a website with additional dental health resources. To help you quickly locate resources that align with Virginia's SOLs on this website, we have created the Dental Health Resource Guide that offers 5-10 lessons per grade (K-5).

As part of our commitment to providing access to better oral care in Virginia, we're offering free oral health supplies* to underserved communities across Virginia!

Oral Health Supplies include:

• toothbrushes
• toothpaste
• floss

Thank you for requesting supplies to help create better oral health care in Virginia! As mentioned, we had a limited number of supplies, and we have exhausted our inventory. Please check back at the beginning of the year, when we hope to have more supplies available.

For questions about supply orders, email Polly Raible at polly.raible@deltadentalva.com or Lauren Stoughton at lauren.stoughton@deltadentalva.com.

*While supplies last.

The interactive curriculum is separated into two grade levels (K-2 and 3-5) and contains 11 lessons. Each lesson includes the objectives, the Virginia Health Education Standards of Learning (SOLs) that are covered, class discussion points, a video and suggested activities. Lessons address the importance of oral health to a child's overall health, the impact of nutrition on teeth and proper oral hygiene, and brushing and flossing techniques.