County wraps up Seal-A-Smile for school year Sign up online for 2023-24

The Clark County Seal-A-Smile (SAS) program is complete for the 2022-23 school year. The SAS program is a school-based oral health program with a focus on dental sealants. SAS provides free oral health services for all children in kindergarten through eighth grade, regardless of insurance status, at participating schools. Oral health services are provided by a licensed dental professional on various dates throughout the school year, and include teeth cleaning and exams, education on proper teeth brushing, fluoride treatment(s) and dental sealants (if applicable).

For the 2022-23 school year, participating schools included Abbotsford, Colby, Colby St. Mary’s, Granton, Greenwood, Loyal, Loyal St. Anthony’s, Neillsville, Neillsville St. John’s, Thorp, and Thorp Catholic. SAS services were also provided to students who attended Dorchester Head Start.

New for the 2022-23 school year, the Clark County SAS team created a county end-of-year report. The report includes information on the importance of the program, data and more (i.e. participation rates, cavity rates, the amount of money in preventative oral health services that was provided to Clark County students, etc.). This report can be found at the county health department website, clarkcountywi.gov/ph-seal-a-smile.

This summer, Clark County SAS will promote early signup for the program for the 2023-24 school year. If your child attends school at one of the participating schools, and will be in kindergarten through eighth grade next school year, you can sign them up through the online consent form at clarkcountywi.gov/ph-seal-a-smile. Otherwise, hard copy paper consent forms will be sent home to students at participating school districts for the 2023-24 school year.

The Clark County SAS team extended its appreciation to all partners who helped make this program possible.