Mosaic Health Community Dentistry Finger Lakes

For more information about Community Dentistry, please call 585-243-7847.

The primary focus of the school-based program is to provide quality, affordable, and accessible dental services to the underserved and uninsured children, especially those in rural non-fluoridated communities who might not otherwise receive care.

Community Dentistry provides free dental screenings and dental health and nutrition education to students in nearly 200 schools and Head Starts across the Finger Lakes region, as well as a toothbrush, floss, and homecare instructions at no cost to the family. Parents/Guardians of children enrolled at participating schools may also sign up their child/children for preventive dental services that include X-rays, teeth cleaning, fluoride varnish treatment, and/or dental sealants.  

What’s more, Mosaic Health provides Community Dentistry participants with Care Navigation, assisting patients and families in search of a dental home, and facilitating insurance enrollment and/or sliding fee scale application.

Community Dentistry has been caring for children since 1995 and currently provides school-based dental services at sites in Allegany, Chemung, Herkimer, Livingston, Oneida, Ontario, Schuyler, Steuben, Wayne, and Yates Counties.

Prenatal and Parent/Guardian Dental Health Education Programs

Mosaic Health provides oral health and nutrition education to pregnant moms and parents. Families, through Head Start programs, are offered a yearly dental health presentation and are provided with brochures, toothbrushes, floss, toothpaste, and a fluoride rinse sample—all at no cost to the families. A list of area providers who accept Medicaid and Child Health Plus is also provided.

All children in Head Start programs who have been identified as high risk for decay may participate in the Fluoride Varnish Program and have the fluoride varnish applied up to three times a year with parental education and consent. 

Looking for forms and other resources?

Be sure to check our forms and documents page for new patient packets, sliding fee applications and more. 

Watch the community dentistry educational presentations:

Community Dentistry Staff

Dentist

Annette Maggi, DMD

Dental Hygienists

Tessa Cratsley, RDH

Andrea Ramsdell, RDH

Denise Nierstedt, RDH