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NEIGHBORHOOD MOBILE
CLINIC
Established in March 2002, the Neighborhood Mobile Dental Van is dedicated to improving the oral health of inner city children in Los Angeles. The clinic regularly visits USC Partner Schools, providing second and third-grade students oral health education, fluoride treatment and dental sealants. This year, dental students on rotation in the Neighborhood Mobile Dental Clinic provided preventive care to 606 children at five local elementary schools.
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  Oral diseases are the most common and the most untreated of all childhood diseases. -The Oral Health of California's Children: Halting a Neglected Epidemic. The Dental Health Foundation - 2000. More than 51 million school hours are
lost each year to dental related illness. Poor children suffer 12
times more restricted-activity days than children from higher-income
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