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Dozens of island keiki were treated to an HDS Tooth Fairy Fun Day on Sunday at the Maui Ocean Center in Mā‘alaea. The free for kama‘āina event helped to educate Maui families about the importance of oral health for keiki. 

The HDS Tooth Fairy Fun Day, a popular annual event on Oʻahu that makes oral health education fun for keiki, is coming to Maui this summer. The HDS Tooth Fairy Fun Day will be at the Maui Ocean Center, 192 Māʻalaea Road in Wailuku on Sunday, June 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is free for kamaʻāina.

Gov. Josh Green, M.D., joined key supporters and partners to announce the launch of the inaugural Hawai‘i High School Girls Flag Football season, set to kick off this spring. A check presentation ceremony Thursday in the governor’s Ceremonial Room recognized the donors who made the season possible, particularly the Las Vegas Raiders, who contributed $25,000

As part of its expansion to the neighboring islands, the Hawai‘i Keiki––Hawai‘i Dental Service (HDS) Dental Sealant Program developed a partnership with dentists Emi Orikasa and Steven McDaniel at Hui No Ke Ola Pono, Inc. Under the partnership, the dentists are participating in a community-wide effort to provide better oral healthcare access to public school keiki in Maui County. 

Hawaiʻi Dental Service Foundation has provided a $133,447 grant to continue a public school dental sealant program that screened more than 650 children during the last school year, two thirds of whom received dental sealants at no-cost.

Hawaiʻi Dental Service, the state’s leading dental benefits provider, is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year by giving HDS Smile Kits to more than 11,000 kindergarten children in 208 Title I schools throughout the state beginning in May 2022.

Paloma will succeed Mark Yamakawa, current HDS president and chief executive officer, who announced his retirement earlier this year.

Effective Jan. 1, 2020, Kaiser Permanent and HDS will provide preventive dental benefits as part of the base benefit in certain Kaiser Permanente Medicare Senior Advantage Plans (HMO) at no additional cost.