On November 15th-17th, the Los Nietos School District’s three elementary schools had the Colgate Mobile Dental Van visit their schools to perform dental screenings on all K-6th grade students. This is the first year that the Los Nietos School District has worked with Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures®, a program that currently offers nine state-of-the art, mobile dental vans that are equipped to screen more than 10 million children each year for common oral health conditions.
Colgate's mobile dental vans measure 32 feet long, nearly the size of a mobile home, and feature friendly visuals to help create a fun and less intimidating dental ‘screening experience’ to kids in rural and urban communities.
With two child-sized dental chairs aboard, Colgate's Bright Smiles, Bright Futures® are able to screen two children at a time. The average dental screening lasts approximately two minutes. With the support of volunteer dental professionals, children ranging from three to 12 years of age all receive free dental check-ups*, treatment referrals (if needed), and learning materials that include a tube of Colgate® kid's toothpaste, a Colgate® kid's toothbrush and brushing instructions.