{"id":4484,"date":"2025-10-17T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/?page_id=4484"},"modified":"2025-10-17T12:39:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:39:00","slug":"free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/news-releases\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Fluoride Varnish for Baby Teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/women-infants-children-wic\/\">North Chesterfield WIC<\/a> staff and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/emergency-preparedness-response\/#MRC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medical Reserve Corps volunteers<\/a> will host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/oral-health\/bsb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bright Smiles for Babies<\/a>, a fluoride varnish program to protect babies ages six months to less than three years old. The event will take place on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 1 \u2013 4 p.m., at 302 Turner Road, Suite M in North Chesterfield, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mouthhealthy.org\/life-stages\/babies-and-kids\/moms-guide-to-fluoride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Dental Association<\/a> recommends this protective coating to prevent cavities. A nurse will administer a protective coating to baby teeth that will last up to six months at no cost. Bring your insurance card if applicable. They\u2019ll connect you with a local dentist who accepts Medicaid or offers a sliding scale.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4485 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Fluoride-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A nurse holds a small brush and single-serving fluoride varnish cup.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Fluoride-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Fluoride-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Fluoride-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Fluoride.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Health Educator Yenifer Jerez is taking the lead on this project. Parents will learn best practices for dental care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn our most recent community health survey, dental health was one of the top concerns in our community,\u201d Jerez said. \u201cWe are bringing this Virginia Department of Health program back to meet the needs of people who otherwise can\u2019t afford preventive dental care. Through this program, we hope to educate families on how to maintain good oral care while providing the necessary tools to keep smiles healthy. By encouraging children to develop strong dental habits early, we\u2019re supporting prevention and helping build a strong foundation for good oral health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-three percent of all kids will get cavities before their fifth birthday, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthychildren.org\/English\/ages-stages\/baby\/teething-tooth-care\/Pages\/How-to-Prevent-Tooth-Decay-in-Your-Baby.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Academy of Pediatrics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Register today by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/events-2\/\">ChesterfieldVA.health<\/a>, click on events, and fill out the form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Chesterfield WIC staff and Medical Reserve Corps volunteers will host Bright Smiles for Babies, a fluoride varnish program to protect babies ages six months to less than three years old. The event will take place on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 1 \u2013 4 p.m., at 302 Turner Road, Suite M in North Chesterfield, Virginia. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":614,"featured_media":0,"parent":3813,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4484","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Free Fluoride Varnish for Baby Teeth - Chesterfield Health District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/news-releases\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Free Fluoride Varnish for Baby Teeth - Chesterfield Health District\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"North Chesterfield WIC staff and Medical Reserve Corps volunteers will host Bright Smiles for Babies, a fluoride varnish program to protect babies ages six months to less than three years old. The event will take place on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 1 \u2013 4 p.m., at 302 Turner Road, Suite M in North Chesterfield, Virginia. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/news-releases\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Chesterfield Health District\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Fluoride.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/chesterfield\\\/news-releases\\\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/chesterfield\\\/news-releases\\\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\\\/\",\"name\":\"Free Fluoride Varnish for Baby Teeth - Chesterfield Health District\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/chesterfield\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/chesterfield\\\/news-releases\\\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/chesterfield\\\/news-releases\\\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/83\\\/Fluoride-300x225.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-17T12:39:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/chesterfield\\\/news-releases\\\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/chesterfield\\\/news-releases\\\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/chesterfield\\\/news-releases\\\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/83\\\/Fluoride-300x225.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/83\\\/Fluoride-300x225.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/chesterfield\\\/news-releases\\\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/chesterfield\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News Releases\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/chesterfield\\\/news-releases\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Free Fluoride Varnish for Baby Teeth\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/chesterfield\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/chesterfield\\\/\",\"name\":\"Chesterfield Health District\",\"description\":\"Chesterfield, Colonial Heights and Powhatan\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\\\/chesterfield\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Free Fluoride Varnish for Baby Teeth - Chesterfield Health District","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/news-releases\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Free Fluoride Varnish for Baby Teeth - Chesterfield Health District","og_description":"North Chesterfield WIC staff and Medical Reserve Corps volunteers will host Bright Smiles for Babies, a fluoride varnish program to protect babies ages six months to less than three years old. The event will take place on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 1 \u2013 4 p.m., at 302 Turner Road, Suite M in North Chesterfield, Virginia. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/news-releases\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\/","og_site_name":"Chesterfield Health District","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Fluoride.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/news-releases\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\/","url":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/news-releases\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\/","name":"Free Fluoride Varnish for Baby Teeth - Chesterfield Health District","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/news-releases\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/news-releases\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Fluoride-300x225.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-17T12:39:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/news-releases\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/news-releases\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/news-releases\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Fluoride-300x225.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Fluoride-300x225.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/news-releases\/free-fluoride-varnish-for-baby-teeth\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News Releases","item":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/news-releases\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Free Fluoride Varnish for Baby Teeth"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/","name":"Chesterfield Health District","description":"Chesterfield, Colonial Heights and Powhatan","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/614"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4486,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4484\/revisions\/4486"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/chesterfield\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}