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History of National Children’s Dental Health Month

• National Children’s Dental Health Month began as a one-day event in Cleveland, Ohio, on February 3, 1941.
• The ADA held the first national observance of Children’s Dental Health Day on February 8, 1949.
• The single day observance became a week-long event in 1955.
• In 1981, the program was extended to a month-long observance known today as National Children’s Dental Health Month.
• Since 1941, the observance has grown from a two-city event into a nationwide program.Today, NCDHM messages reach thousands of people in communities across the country and at numerous armed services bases.

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