PRINTER'S NO. 598

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE RESOLUTION

No. 40 Session of 1987


        INTRODUCED BY HANKINS, HESS, SHUMAKER, O'PAKE, MADIGAN, REGOLI,
           BELL, SHAFFER, REIBMAN AND PETERSON, MARCH 10, 1987

        ADOPTED, MARCH 10, 1987

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Urging the Governor to proclaim the week of April 20, 1987, as
     2     "Community Dental Health Awareness Week."

     3     WHEREAS, Dentists and other citizens are concerned about the
     4  still-existent need for knowledge and means for better dental
     5  health in the community; and
     6     WHEREAS, Past attempts at promoting good dental health in
     7  Pennsylvania, exemplified by fluoridation of the water supply,
     8  have met with tremendous success and a substantial improvement
     9  in the dental health of our residents; and
    10     WHEREAS, Great advances in the art and science of dentistry
    11  make it necessary for all citizens to be educated in the new
    12  potentialities of dentistry to improve our quality of life
    13  through better dental care than ever before; and
    14     WHEREAS, Pennsylvania dentists, as members of the Academy of
    15  General Dentistry, a national organization dedicated to
    16  educating dentists in the latest means of preserving dental
    17  health, have offered to and do speak on dental topics to area

     1  civic and social groups in order to stimulate interest in good
     2  dental health and the most effective means to achieve it; and
     3     WHEREAS, Pennsylvania dentists have a deep interest in
     4  promoting dental health in the community's youth by visiting
     5  schools, where they counsel, speak and aid in prevention of poor
     6  dental health, to the benefit of Pennsylvania school children;
     7  and
     8     WHEREAS, Prevention of poor dental health in our cities and
     9  awareness of its causes and remedies is the focus and goal of
    10  these programs; therefore be it
    11     RESOLVED, That the Senate urge the Governor to proclaim the
    12  week of April 20, 1987, as "Community Dental Health Awareness
    13  Week"; and be it further
    14     RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
    15  Governor Robert P. Casey.










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