Schoolyard SmilesTM
School-based Cavity Prevention and Treatment Program
Say hello to our new name—Schoolyard Smiles!
This change captures the journey from our academic roots to New Hampshire, and bringing joyful care to kids.
Schoolyard Smiles is transforming dental health in New Hampshire schools with a $1 million, three-year award from Northeast Delta Dental. This innovative cavity prevention and treatment program provides care in elementary and middle schools in Concord, Pittsfield, Merrimack Valley and North Country school districts.
Read more in our latest Press Release here.
Vision
We envision a future where children’s oral health drives academic success, builds confidence, and promotes lifelong well-being.
Mission
Our mission is to create and deliver a new standard of affordable oral health care wherever people learn, work, play, or pray.
Goals
- Deliver essential oral health care through innovative, community-based systems.
- Prevent, treat and eliminate decay causing infections using evidence-based strategies.
- Measure outcomes to improve health, enhance quality, and lower costs.
- Partner with families, schools, organizations, and governments to meet a community’s needs and circumstances.
- Establish cost-effective, sustainable, prevention-first standards of care that can be scaled globally.
We come directly to school communities in New Hampshire.
All children are eligible for free cavity prevention in schools. Check out what schools we’re in here.
We currently provide services in the Concord, Merrimack Valley, Pittsfield and North Country school districts
“As one who believes in the tremendous benefits associated with the whole child approach, oral health plays a gigantic role in a student’s well-being.”
— JEFF DROUIN, PRINCIPAL,
BOSCAWEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BOSCAWEN, NEW HAMPSHIRE
