The
Dental ID For Safeguarding Children
 One of the greatest fears of parents today is that their child
will get lost or, worse yet, be abducted. Indicative of this
concern is the fact that to date, 34 states have implemented
AMBER Alert systems that issue state-wide public alerts about
missing children. As a dental professional offering Toothprints
bite impressions, you play a pivotal role in providing a proven
means of identifying children or, better yet, DNA and saliva
samples for tracking them. Developed by Dr. Dave Tesini, a pediatric
dentist from Massachusetts, Toothprints is a simple, cost-effective
way of documenting your young patient’s unique tooth characteristics,
tooth position within the arch and maxillomandibular jaw relationship – all
important identifiers.
 Toothprints
is an arch-shaped thermoplastic wafer that you soften in hot
water, then place on the patient’s lower arch. The
child bites into the wafer for 50 seconds in the same manner
as a bite registration taken for prosthetics or orthodontics.
After allowing a 2-3 minute cool-down period in the plastic bag
provided, we’ll give parents the
Toothprints bite impression to take home for safekeeping. Making
a Toothprints bite impression takes only a few minutes. It’s
comfortable for our young patients and will give you
peace of mind. Hopefully, you’ll
never have to use it.
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