The Tooth Ferry

Talk about service delivery!  The Tooth Ferry, built in 2003, is the first "made in Maine" mobile dental unit. The Tooth Ferry visits 30 schools and 8 preschool sites each year. Overall, the Dental Program reaches over 2000 individual children each year. The Tooth Ferry is much in demand at health fairs and other community events around the calendar.

Examples of sites where services are performed: Head Starts, preschools, school health centers, and child cares. Its effects on the distribution of services, and on public awareness of oral health issues in Washington County, has been tremendous.

The Tooth Ferry was created with support from the Maine Health Access Foundation.