STATE-OF-THE-ART DENTAL EQUIPMENT DONATED TO KEYSTONE RURAL HEALTH CENTER'S FARMWORKER PROGRAMS The curing light, used to harden sealant material after it has been applied to teeth, is portable allowing Keystone to provide efficient dental care to children in the community.   CHAMBERSBURG, PA -- Last year, many children with serious dental diseases received free dental care through Keystone Rural Health Center's school-based Dental Sealant Project and the Children's Dental Clinic Project, both collaborative efforts based in Berks County. Recognizing the program's tremendous contribution to the oral health of children of migrant farmworkers and other children in need, members of the Berks-Schuylkill Dental Hygienist Association recently donated a 3M Epilar Freelight Curing Light to Selina Zygmunt, regional manager of Keystone Rural Health Center's Farmworker Programs for Berks, Lancaster and Lehigh Counties. The state-of-the-art equipment was presented to Zygmunt, an honorary member of the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienist's Association (PDHA), at the recent Dental Association annual dinner. The curing light, used to harden sealant material after it has been applied to teeth, will be used in the School-based Dental Sealant Project serving farmworker and other low income, minority children in the Reading School District. "We are very honored and grateful to receive this equipment," Zygmunt said. "The cordless, narrow wand is extremely portable allowing us to provide efficient dental care to children within the community." Last year, the sealant project, a collaboration among Keystone, the hygienist component and the St. Joseph Medical Center Dental Residency Program, provided services for approximately 250 children. Many of the children with serious dental disease have also received free dental care at the Children's Dental Clinic Project, an outgrowth of the sealant project. The light also represents an in-kind contribution from A. Leventhal & Sons, Inc., a distributor of the Epilar Freelight, as well as a personal financial contribution from Mark Horean, a Leventhal sales representative. The 3M Company and Leventhal are also contributing sealant material to what both feel is an exceptionally valuable program. Keystone Health Center, a public, non-profit organization, provides high-quality medical, obstetric, gynecological and dental health care and, when needed, social services to all Franklin County residents and the surrounding areas, including the underserved populations. Presently, Keystone operates five primary care sites: Keystone Health Center family practice, Keystone Dental Center, Keystone Women's Care, Keystone Health Center - Path Valley satellite family practice, and the State Migrant Farmworker Administration office. Keystone also operates one year-round migrant and seasonal farmworker site in Berks County and one seasonal farmworker site in Adams County. Services to migrant farmworkers are also provided through outreach workers contracted providers across the Commonwealth. For more information regarding Keystone Rural Health Center or the Farmworker's Programs, please visit the website at www.keystonehealth.org. For more information regarding this news release, please contact Karen Gross at (717) 975-2148, kgross@hersheyphilbin.com, or visit the newsroom at www.hersheyphilbin.com. ###

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