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SEAL Minnesota is Minnesota’s school sealant program. Currently funded through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and administered by the Minnesota Department of Health’s Oral Health Program (OHP). The OHP offers competitive awards to licensed Minnesota oral health providers that deliver oral health services including dental sealant placement to children enrolled in high-need public schools. High-need schools for the purposes of this program are defined as elementary or middle schools with a physical location (1) in a rural area (defined by rural urban commuting area-zip code), and/or (2) in a Dental Health Professional Shortage Area, and/or (3) has 50% or greater student free/reduced price meal program eligibility (a measure of the concentration of low-income households in a school environment).

For more information go to the OHP’s Dental Sealants webpage.

• The number and percentage of high-need Minnesota public schools served by school sealant programs during the calendar year based on SEAL Minnesota school sealant program (SSP) grantee data.
• Number and percent of children served by SEAL Minnesota grantees.
• Number and percent of children that received at least one dental sealant on a permanent molar tooth, fluoride varnish, oral health education, a dental clinic referral for treatment or urgent care visit, among those screened by SEAL Minnesota grantees.
• Whether use of services provided by SEAL Minnesota grantees varies over time.

• Oral health affects overall health and is associated with school attendance and performance. Dental sealants and other preventive oral health services ensure children have a healthy mouth. The presence of SSPs reduces dental access barriers and when effectively targeted to high need schools can improve population oral health.

• Inform oral health, medical and public health professionals; educators, researchers, grant makers, policy makers and the public.
• Focus resources and program activities toward specific regions or counties with higher need schools and lower population dental service use.
• State and local program planning, evaluation, and developing or modifying policies.

• School sealant program (SSP) use among Medicaid eligible children.
• SSP use by a child’s age, race/ethnicity, disability or limited English proficiency status.
• SSP use in public high schools or private or parochial schools.

• Schools served by SEAL Minnesota: The number and percentage of high-need Minnesota public schools served by SEAL Minnesota grantees during the calendar year.
• Children served by SEAL Minnesota: The number and percent of children served by SEAL Minnesota grantees during the calendar year.

• Schools served by SEAL Minnesota:The number of high-need Minnesota public schools served by SEAL Minnesota grantees during the calendar year divided by the number of high-need Minnesota public schools, multiplied by 100 to get a percent.
• Children served by SEAL Minnesota:The number of children enrolled in Minnesota high-need public schools served by SEAL Minnesota grantees during the calendar year divided by the number of children enrolled in Minnesota high need public schools, multiplied by 100 to get a percent.

• Elementary and middle public schools and children served by SEAL Minnesota grantees.

• Not representative of all sealant work being done in the state, only those who receive funding under SEAL Minnesota.

• Use caution when comparing indicators across years. Changes in providers and data provided may vary over the reporting periods.

• SEAL Minnesota Program data from the Minnesota Department of Health’s Oral Health Program

• Minnesota Department of Health. SEAL Minnesota Program. Collected by the Minnesota Oral Health Program. St. Paul, Minnesota: Accessed from MN Public Health Data Access Portal. [Add URL] Retrieved month, year.

• Please send questions or comments to: health.oral@state.mn.us