Delta Dental Gives $250,000 To MDCH To Launch Fluoride Varnish Program For Low-Income Children Delta Dental of Michigan (Delta Dental) has given the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) a grant of $250,000 to launch Varnish! Michigan, a program that will provide applications of fluoride varnish on the teeth of up to 22,000 children enrolled in Early Head Start and Head Start programs around the state. The goal of Varnish! Michigan is to provide early intervention to prevent or reduce dental disease among low-income children aged birth to five.  Varnish! Michigan is expected to reduce decay between 48 and 60 percent in this group of children. Thomas J. Fleszar, president and chief executive officer of Delta Dental, said regular applications of fluoride varnish have proven to be one of the most effective measures to prevent or reduce dental decay.   "Fluoride varnish is safe, simple to apply, and an ideal treatment to offer in community-based programs like Head Start," he said. "Our mission at Delta Dental is to improve oral health. I cannot think of a more appropriate initiative to support than Varnish! Michigan, which will help thousands of young children get off to a healthy start by preventing tooth decay." To view the rest of this article please visit www.michigan.gov. Contact a Local Dentist to learn more about how to maintain your oral heath!