Our goal is to significantly reduce the incidence of dental disease among Maine children, by greatly increasing the number of young children, ages birth through 3-½ years, who receive preventive oral health care. 

Dental disease among children is a persistent and growing problem in Maine, exacerbated by factors such as poverty, limited access to dental care, and shrinking resources for school and community based dental prevention programs.  As a result, the Foundation created From The First Tooth, an intitiative that integrates evidence-based early childhood caries prevention procedures into routine medical care for children ages 6 months to 3 ½ years of age and their families. 

From The First Tooth is a Maine-based initiative which seeks to improve the oral health of Maine children.  Healthcare providers are instructed how to perform an oral health screening, apply fluoride varnish to the teeth of children ages 6 months to their 3 year well child visit,  and provide oral health education to their parents and caregivers.

Please Contact: Susan Cote, RDH, MS Program Manager at COTES4@mainehealth.org 207.662.6309