How Your Donation Can Help
The funds raised through Oral Health, Total Health will assist in the hosting of OHTH initiatives, including expanding to dental faculties across Canada and aid in the continued efforts of Mount Sinai Hospital’s Dentistry Clinic in providing the best care possible for this population. Why Mount Sinai?
Ultimately, OHTH aims to raise $2 million for the Dentistry Clinic at Mount Sinai Hospital to improve the current patient care facility in such a way as to optimize education in a patient/family-centered model of care. Your donation will help the MSH Dentistry clinic treat more patients more quickly and educate and train more students and dentists. By updating and expanding the dental clinic for persons with special needs, this will, in turn, transform the oral and general health outcomes for the patients so that they can live longer and more comfortable lives. Simply put, your donation will go a long way towards improving the oral and overall health and well-being for all persons who have special needs.
To Make a Donation Towards OHTH
Please click here or on any of the “donate now” sidebars to open a secure page where online donations can be made. Thank you once again for your generosity!
Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.”
-Hippocrates
Thank You & Honouring Your Donation
With your help and support, we will change lives. Oral Health, Total Health and the Mount Sinai Dental Clinic for Persons with Disabilities thank you for your generosity.
We feel that your decision to support Oral Health, Total Health deserves to be celebrated and we are proud to recognize your generosity. Please click here to view the ways in which we will honour your donation.
Oral Health, Total Health.
With your generosity,
we can
make a difference.
Did You Know?
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To ensure proper oral hygiene,
try brushing your teeth
how they grow:
FROM the gum line,
and onto the teeth. -
The gum line is the area most missed when brushing;
coincidently it is
of importance for
one’s oral health. -
The most important
time to brush your
teeth is before
you go to bed. -
You can boil a rubber door stop and try using it as a mouth prop to assist in brushing the
teeth of individuals
who may not be
willing to open
their mouths. -
Use a pea size amount of fluoridated toothpaste when brushing, it is okay
if this small amount
is swallowed. -
When brushing the teeth of a person with special needs, if possible, have the
individual sit so
you can stand
behind them. -
The oral cavity plays a prominent role in an individual’s quality of life as it pertains to communication, nutrition, emotional expression, taste, social appearance and self-esteem
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Increasing numbers of people with mental retardation no longer live in institutions, and
are dependent on
dentists in
private practice
for care. -
Current research shows that persons with disabilities have greater levels of
periodontal
disease. -
Current research shows that persons with disabilities present with a poorer state
of oral hygiene. -
In Ontario, with over 12 million residents; approximately
1.85 million people
have a disability. -
In Canada in 2006, 14.3% of the population had a disability representing
4.4 million people.
