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Bartlesville Water Treatment Plant Recognized by CDC
Ty Loftis
The Oklahoma State Department of Health has announced that 13 water systems across the state have been awarded a Water Flouridation Quality Award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Bartlesville Water Treatment Plant is one of these 13 systems to be recognized.
Flouridation is the adjustment of flouride in drinking water to a level that is effective in preventing tooth decay and this award recognizes those communities that were able to maintain an optimal level of flouride in drinking water in 2019. Director of Dental Health Services for the Oklahoma State Department of Health, Dr. Jana Winfree had the following to say:
Publisher s Note: This post appears here courtesy of ECU News Services. The author of this post is Spaine Stephens.
A community garden created by a School of Dental Medicine alumna at Gentry Farms 1821 in Ashe County has yielded 360 pounds of produce that fed 70 families. | Photos: Contributed
Dr. Amanda Stroud, School of Dental Medicine Class of 2015
In a garden that grows upon a ribbon of old family farmland in the mountains of Ashe County, dreams are harvested alongside vegetables.
The garden is a vision nurtured by Dr. Amanda Stroud, a member of the ECU School of Dental Medicine s inaugural Class of 2015 and dental director for AppHealthCare in northwestern North Carolina. Even during her dental school days, Stroud had a clear image in her mind s eye of a dental office that would provide oral health care and yet so much more for its community.