[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 182 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 182
Congratulating the American Dental Association for establishing the
``Give Kids a Smile'' program, emphasizing the need to improve access
to dental care for children, and thanking dentists for volunteering
their time to help provide needed dental care.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 24, 2003
Ms. Stabenow submitted the following resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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RESOLUTION
Congratulating the American Dental Association for establishing the
``Give Kids a Smile'' program, emphasizing the need to improve access
to dental care for children, and thanking dentists for volunteering
their time to help provide needed dental care.
Whereas access to dental care for children is a vital element of overall health
care and development;
Whereas dental caries--more commonly known as tooth decay--is the most common
chronic childhood disease;
Whereas untreated tooth decay in children results in thousands of children
experiencing poor eating and sleeping patterns, suffering decreased
attention spans at school, and being unable to smile;
Whereas, due to a confluence of factors, children eligible for Medicaid and the
State Children's Health Insurance Program are 3 to 5 times more likely
than other children to have untreated tooth decay;
Whereas dentists provide an estimated $1,700,000,000 annually in nonreimbursed
dental care;
Whereas dentists participating in the American Dental Association established
the ``Give Kids a Smile'' program to serve as a reminder to the Nation
about the need to end untreated childhood dental disease; and
Whereas the ``Give Kids a Smile'' program treated an estimated 1,000,000
children on February 21, 2003, at approximately 5,000 locations in all
50 States: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) congratulates the American Dental Association for
establishing the ``Give Kids a Smile'' program;
(2) emphasizes the need to improve access to dental care
for children; and
(3) thanks the thousands of dentists who volunteered their
time and brought a smile to faces of an estimated 1,000,000
children on February 21, 2003.
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