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The Pennsylvania School Health Law requires that children attending school in the commonwealth receive a dental examination at stated intervals. 

A dental examination is required on first entry into school (Kindergarten or Grade 1) and in grades 3 and 7. Transfer students and students with incomplete health records shall also be required to have a dental examination.  

These grades were selected because they represent critical periods of development of your child’s teeth. For a well-shaped mouth and healthy permanent teeth, care of the “baby teeth” is important.  

Since many parents have a six-month routine dental examination for their children, you are encouraged to have the dental examination completed and the accompanying form signed by your family dentist prior to October 30 and then returned to the child’s teacher. If the form is not received, a dental examination will be performed by the school dentist.  

If your child has been examined no earlier than four months prior to the opening of the school term during which the regular examination is scheduled, the family dentist may supply the requested information from his office records. If the child has not been examined within four months of the opening of the school term a new examination will be required.