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MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSF Offers Free Dental Screenings

By Scott Maier

What: UCSF will offer free dental screenings to adults and children as part of San Francisco’s Potrero Hill Festival and the Southeast Community Health Fair. Dental students and residents in the UCSF Hispanic Dental Association in the UCSF School of Dentistry will perform the screenings and provide referrals, as needed, for follow-up care. They also will apply fluoride varnish to children to prevent cavities, with parental/guardian consent. Screenings take approximately 15 minutes. No appointment is necessary.

During the Southeast Community Health Fair, UCSF medical students from the Student National Medical Association also will provide blood pressure checks and wellness screenings.

When: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017

           10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017

Where: Oct. 21: Potrero Hill Festival, 20th Street between Wisconsin and Missouri streets, San Francisco

             Oct. 28: Southeast Community Health Fair, 1800 Oakdale Avenue (at Phelps), San Francisco

Why: Early detection is key to diagnosing potential tooth decay, which remains one of the nation’s most common chronic diseases. By age 17, more than 7 percent of children have lost a permanent tooth to decay.

INTERVIEW, PHOTO AND VIDEO OPPORTUNITIES:

  • UCSF dentists and residents
  • Individuals receiving dental screenings
  • Festival coordinators

UC San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It includes top-ranked graduate schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy; a graduate division with nationally renowned programs in basic, biomedical, translational and population sciences; and a preeminent biomedical research enterprise. It also includes UCSF Health, which comprises three top-ranked hospitals, UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals in San Francisco and Oakland, and other partner and affiliated hospitals and healthcare providers throughout the Bay Area.

 

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