Oral Health Education was the focus for the HLTH 440 capstone project completed this spring by 
Sydney Prow, Nicole Lauritsen, Gabrielle Amos, and Emaleigh Sojka. Their cooperating supervisor was Health Science grad, Amy Carroll, MCHES, (Truman HS grad) Outreach Coordinator, Health Educator & Lifestyle Coach at the Northeast Missouri Health Council in Kirksville. They presented dental health education to seven of the ten classes of second grade students at Kirksville Primary School this spring. Their lessons reached 117 students who learned brushing/flossing techniques, identified sticky foods more likely to promote tooth decay, and signed pledge cards to floss and brush daily. Students were given an oral health calendar to log the number of times they brushed and flossed during a two-week time period.