A new program paid for by Highmark will help reduce cavities in needy Allegheny County children by 33 percent, the Allegheny County Health Department announced today.

The program will provide preschool children enrolled in Head Start sites with fluoride varnish dental treatments every six months. Highmark gave the Health Department a $61,000 grant to pay for the program, in which a thin protective coating is painted on the teeth to strengthen and protect them from cavities.

“Many disadvantaged youth rarely, if ever, receive them and as a result have very high rates of untreated tooth decay,” Health Director Dr. Bruce Dixon said in a statement. The program compliments the department’s sealant program for needy second and sixth graders.

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