European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1s78 the stars and stripes Page 9 new program stresses dental care at Early age 1 i sounds like a just remember the air stall writer Germany Chil National dental health week has Ott and but for children in the a dub dental education and non goes on thanks to pro sni developed by Sheldon chief periodontist die air Bow has developed an Oral health de Omison for the second Conw Cullver has been judged As the Best shool Oral health education program in the world by the National foundation tribe prevention of Oral a no government society of pro preventable if we a period Matlat or gum Dis ease said that 90 percent of adults Over 30 who lose their Teeth lose them became of gum that is a preventable a substance Stogdi bacteria thrive is the real culprit Bora Wasserman he a once year dental awareness week to Good for getting peo Dev quentian drawn to the but 11 Dbent even scratch the surface of the what does is continuous onion one teaching and reinforcement of Good dental skills and the award winning program Asur Iron developed is a two pronged approach to the we get the child from kindergarten through tilth in the Rod schools behave dental learning Cen Urs set up in multipurpose rooms and the the other aspect of the program la teenage health education teaching assistants this la a program in the High school through the cooperative work experience where Sto a indent denial educator help teach a youngster Good for Wasserman dents Are trained to be dental health Edu they gel High school credit for the class and they learn s viable others have taken the course As the biggest group outside of the to become dental educators Are red Cross Volun in Theta students and red Cross volunteers amassed More than hours of instruction and dental awareness training for schoolchildren so about so dental educators have been More than students have been seen this school year Wasser Man was Herman said the Cost at project has been last your we budgeted this year we didst budget anything Al the key to keeping the Cost Down is thai we use already existing assets student materials obtained free from dental products the red Cross volunteers Haw donated More than Worth of Tabor to sen More than but if that sounds like a just remember the air Force figures it costs about every time a periodontist has to do full Mouth re pain do diseased Gums and was Serman he added that the Cost of periodontal repairs for every adult who suffers from gum diseases would be pro while prevention costs nearly subjects studied in the Theta program include Oral dental assistant train consumer aware Ness in food leaching techniques and besides the Best in the world Wasserman said he measures the Success of the program by the decrease in the number of children showing up Al the dental clinic with significant problems and by the number of children who now own and use floss devices which make flossing a simple Pilot program which took h years to put has been cited by numerous authorities As the prototype for continuous dental Hygiene and is the Model on which programs at Trier and several other communities have based their All it takes to make this program go is one concerned cooperative school teachers and the anyone can do it and the effects of one pro Gram Many of our former dental educators have returned to the states where they Are setting it up in their the ultimate target far this program int or even Europe its every child in America and the Western Wasserman Bamberg go self taught Young artists murals brighten unit Day room school spirit Germany Fasching it but the memory lingers on for student Al us inv Nelly of Maryland in Munich who took part in a colourful or lenten came we thu lucked away to Many a shows us Fenti aboard a float featured in the merrymaking it the Munich Tii Burfe where the Maryland Campus i in sitting on us or cult Are from left Lee fran Anderson and Debbie of Chan tic Down at right Burton on photo for by Dave Bauer Buda Synovec Nurnberg Bureau chief Germany Sbol a 19 year old 2nd support come Soldier is brightening the Muna Cavern Kevin a member of the Shah main is using his artistic Talent to paint murals in his units kleins Talent in water motors earned him honorable mention in last years Usail eur Art he was presented a Usa Gur certificate of achievement and by his com Carey Hes done a lot for us he is quite a and not the kind to run nil own Flag up the Klein has done a lot of painting around the he is really going to give the place a brighter Young a Generator is a native of Valley he said he has been painting for three 1 started in High i took Only one year of Art he As he put the finishing touches on an animal scene he painted in his company in mostly Ive just started in creasing my Range of i started with oils and now in into Waxe Colars and he said Klein said he entered several paintings in the 19tj Usa eur Art a Percolar Railroad scene won first place in the Bamberg Community Art contest last an Oil painting he did placed second and a charcoal drawing received an honorable the tact thai he won an award in the Usa Telk Art contest made big news in the 270man said 1st Marvin k started in High school Only a Klein a Good he is Good Henne Klein said he was surprised to Leam that he won honorable mention for his he said toe Only other time his paintings won honors was when he was in High Aduol be won first place in 1975 and 1b7i in statewide Art last Christmas be gave one of hit pain Ings to a German family who invited him to their Bome for