Children’s Dental Health (Motion #62-05)

Moved by Edwards, Dupuis. Approved on September 22, 2005, by the Sudbury & District Board of Health.

Motion

WHEREAS in September 2005, the Sudbury & District Board of Health received a presentation on Children’s Dental Health, describing the status of children’s dental health within Sudbury & districts; and

WHEREAS Children’s Dental Health, the first ever comprehensive dental health report for the Sudbury & District Board, identified the dental health needs and disparities within Sudbury and districts and provided recommendations for improved dental health;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health endorse the Children’s Dental Health report and related recommendations; and

FURTHER THAT the Sudbury & District Board of Health directs the Medical Officer of Health to operationalize the recommendations and report back to the Board on relevant matters; and

FURTHER THAT, copies of the report and this motion be forwarded to all dental offices and municipalities within the Sudbury & District Health Unit catchment area, Provincial Ministers of Health Promotion, Children and Youth Services and Health and Long-Term Care, Northern Development and Mines, the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA), the Association of Local Public Health Agencies(alPHa), the Ontario Association of Public Health Dentistry (OAPHD), northern Ontario Boards of Health, the Sudbury & District Dental Society, and local MPPs.

 

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