CORBIN HELPS MIAMI-DADE KIDS
BEAT TOOTH DECAY BLEU-S!

The most recent Oral Health America Report Card issued by the U.S. Surgeon General’s Office
notes that access-to-care and shortages of resources are posing a threat to the overall oral
health of many Florida residents. As part of its commitment to reach 100 million children in the
U.S. by 2010 with free oral health education and dental screenings, Colgate-Palmolive
Company partnered with the United Way of Miami-Dade County and Boys and Girls Clubs
of Miami to host an oral health festival that shared with over 300 Miami-Dade Elementary
School students, the best practices for maintaining dental health.

The program featured music, costumed characters and the “Deal or No Deal Dental
Challenge,” a game show created especially for the students that was hosted by
“High School Musical” star and recording artist Corbin Bleu.

The teen sensation also cheered on the students as they boarded Colgate’s “clinic on wheels,”
one of a fleet of mobile dental vans that provide free dental screenings, treatment referrals and
oral health education for millions of children across the U.S.

NIKKI BLONSKY TELLS
BAY AREA KIDS “YOU CAN’T STOP THE BEAT OR THE BRUSH!”

The state Dental Health Foundation reported that the oral health of California Children is substantially worse than national objectives.   And recent figures from the Center of Disease Control and Prevention indicated that the percentage of Americans with untreated tooth decay began rising this decade for the first time in 50 years.

As part of its public commitment to reach over 100 million children in the U.S. with free dental screenings and oral health education by 2010, Colgate-Palmolive partnered with the Greater Bay Area Dental Society to bring its first ever “Bright Smiles Comedy Showcase” to 300 San Francisco and Oakland elementary school children.  The event, which featured the LaughingStock Comedy Company, was hosted by Critics’ Choice Award Winner and “Hairspray” star, Nikki Blonsky.

The program included music, costumed characters and the LaughingStock Comedy Company performing humorous interactive sketches with Blonsky and the students, to drive home the importance of maintaining good oral health habits.

The teen sensation also cheered on the students as they boarded Colgate’s “clinic on wheels”, one of a fleet of eight mobile dental vans that provide free dental screenings, treatment referrals and oral health education for millions of children in urban and rural communities across the U.S.