Morton East has its own dentist
November 17, 2014
Morton has a dentist, it’s called Smile Mobile.
Smile Mobile provides free dental service for students — to clean their teeth, provide cosmetic recommendations and prevent further problems. 700 students who signed-up in August during registration will get that service. Students receive dental service during supervision hours and also during P.E classes. Their first visit was two weeks ago.
“Between 600 and 700 students got their teeth cleaned,” assistant principal Dr. Parrie said.
Why are we getting this service?
“It’s a service for families; money is provided by the government in order to be proactive in having healthy teeth during one’s life, provided cleanings and services to begin orthodontic treatments (i.e., braces),” assistant principal Dr. Parrie said.
Students said they got great service.
“My experience seeing the dentist was fast and great. It usually takes half an hour or more to see the dentist, but it actually took less than 15 minutes to see them. They called my name, then checked my teeth for any cavities, then they cleaned my teeth. The dentist told me I didn’t have any cavities,” senior Sergio Cardenas said (smiling).
So, how did Morton East get this awesome service?
“(Smile Mobile) visits schools in low income areas that can best service students,” assistant principal Dr. Parrie said.
Who pays?
“(The money comes from a) grant from the Federal government,” assistant principal Dr. Parrie said.
But, what if a student isn’t approved to enroll in Smile Mobile services?
“If your child doesn’t qualify with all kids, the parent can appeal the decision with the state. Or pay out of their pocket,” Dr. Parrie said.
The Smile Mobile also has a permanent clinic in Cicero called Metro Smiles for students outside of school.
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jose lopez • Nov 21, 2014 at 1:50 pm
thanks for the good comments guys. yes I think that having this service makes every body have a good and healthy teeth. theirs a website were you could go check out to get service out side of school.
jessica • Nov 21, 2014 at 1:23 pm
Wow! This is is great information for students @ morton east even myself as a student. Letting students know that the school has its own dentist. Many students don’t know about this information and how its provided to some students for free. Students sometimes don’t have time to go to the dentist but being offered at school I believe student will get them checked more often. This is such a great article!
Sandra Santana albaver • Nov 20, 2014 at 9:38 am
I think the mobile smile could help tennis with there teeth and they and they don’t have to worry about if there teeth are healthy. I think that parents could be also happy because they don’t have to worry about there kids have good and healthy teeth. One more thing the result of you getting your teeth bad is because you might eat a lot of junk food such as hot chips and chocolate and soda I’m not saying you shouldn’t eat it maybe once in a while is good. No matter who you are you should always take cRe of your theeth
Clarissa guzman • Nov 20, 2014 at 9:34 am
I think that this is good for students because some of them are need to pay in order to get their teeth checked and clean so this is an opportunity for all of the students.
Lorena Padilla • Nov 20, 2014 at 9:31 am
I liked this article because it gave me information that helped me to know that there was a free dentist at Morton. That is something great because we as students have the opportunity of getting the free serves from school.
Adan rosales • Nov 19, 2014 at 5:56 pm
I believe that this story showed me something that i would’ve never known before also good pieces of information.would be a good if you included more information about the clinic outside of school.