Miles for Smiles Mobile Dental Unit
Updated/reviewed September 2020

• Need: Dental care access for children in low-income families living in a 7-county region of southwest Missouri.
• Intervention: A mobile dental unit was created to expand dental care access.
• Results: The Miles for Smiles mobile dental clinic provides comprehensive dental care to children throughout the 7-county region.

Cavity Free at Three
Updated/reviewed December 2019

• Need: In Colorado, 31% of children have experienced dental decay by the time they reach kindergarten. With several frontier and rural counties in Colorado considered dental deserts, options for oral healthcare are limited.
• Intervention: Cavity Free at Three (CF3) works to improve access to preventive oral health for pregnant women and young children. While CF3 is a statewide effort, 87% of the program's target counties are considered rural or frontier.
• Results: CF3 has trained over 5,000 medical and dental professionals in performing preventive dental health. The percentage of children who received oral healthcare from a medical or dental provider before the age of 2 has progressively increased, and fewer Colorado children have cavities now than they did 10 years ago.