Hours:
Monday – Friday
Saturday and Evening Appointments Available.
Address:
1950 Lower Muscatine Road
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
(across from Sycamore Mall)
Phone:
(319) 337-6226
Children's Dental Health Month
Children's Dental Health Month is one of the many ways we help the Iowa City community.
Elementary School Visits
Since 1989, River City Dental Care®, has gone out to the elementary schools in the Iowa City Community School District (ICCSD) to help promote Children's Dental Health Month. It started with Dr. Brad Stiles, DDS, going to his daughter's kindergarten class at Longfellow Elementary to explain the importance of taking good care of your teeth. The Children's Dental Health Month visits have expanded since then. Currently the staff of River City Dental Care® takes turns presenting half hour sessions to the pre-K, Kindergarten, First and Second grade classes in most of the elementary schools in the district. There are 17 elementary schools in the district so we see a lot of children!
The children are shown proper brushing and flossing techniques by one of our dentists, hygienists, or dental assistants. They talk about "healthy snacks" that help promote good oral health, they are shown a short video put out by the American Dental Association, showing "Dudley the Dinosaur" visiting his dentist. And the session closes with each child receiving a toothbrush, floss, and coloring book.
Hygienists visiting Longfellow (above) and Penn (below) Elementary
schools
"I think your program is WONDERFUL!... Thank you again for your collaboration
with our schools!!"
Susie Poulton,
Health Services Director, Iowa City Community School
District