November 2, 2007: Dr. Saylor and team volunteered at the Special Smiles event at the Special Olympics held in Orlando at Disney’s World of Sports. We find the oral hygiene of these athletes falls way below average. This event provides exposure to proper oral hygiene through instruction. Education is the cornerstone of our practice so we are happy to volunteer our time.

At a Special Smiles screening the Special Olympics athletes are provided with hygiene education to help ensure they are doing an adequate job of brushing and flossing, nutritional education to understand how their diet affects their total health, free mouth guards for athletes competing in contact or high-risk sports and each athlete receives a “goody bag” containing toothbrush, toothpaste and floss.

The dental screenings are used as a means to increase awareness of the state of the athlete’s oral health for the athletes themselves, as well as their parents. Data is collected for each athlete who receives a dental screening and compiled for analysis. This generates a snapshot of the oral health of a representative sample of the hundreds of thousands of Special Olympics athletes around the world.

November 2, 2007: Dr. Saylor and team volunteered at the Special Smiles event at the Special Olympics held in Orlando at Disney’s World of Sports. We find the oral hygiene of these athletes falls way below average. This event provides exposure to proper oral hygiene through instruction. Education is the cornerstone of our practice so we are happy to volunteer our time.

At a Special Smiles screening the Special Olympics athletes are provided with hygiene education to help ensure they are doing an adequate job of brushing and flossing, nutritional education to understand how their diet affects their total health, free mouth guards for athletes competing in contact or high-risk sports and each athlete receives a “goody bag” containing toothbrush, toothpaste and floss.

The dental screenings are used as a means to increase awareness of the state of the athlete’s oral health for the athletes themselves, as well as their parents. Data is collected for each athlete who receives a dental screening and compiled for analysis. This generates a snapshot of the oral health of a representative sample of the hundreds of thousands of Special Olympics athletes around the world.