Keywords: US Navy 030312-N-0000X-001 Dental Technician 3rd Class Omar Pereyra (Left) and Lt. Angela Estepp check a student^rsquo,s teeth during National Children^rsquo,s Dental Health Month.jpg en Naval Station Yokosuka Japan Mar 12 2003 -- Dental Technician 3rd Class Omar Pereyra Left and Lt Angela Estepp check a student s teeth during National Children s Dental Health Month National Children s Dental Health Month grew out of a one-day event in Cleveland Ohio in 1941 In 1949 the American Dental Association sponsored the first national observance of Children s Dental Health Day which was expanded to a weeklong program in 1955 and to the month of February in 1981 Today it is marked in communities across the country and armed service bases abroad U S Navy photo by Laurie Clark RELEASED 2003-03-12 030312-N-0000X-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 5111 U S Navy photo by Laurie Clark PD-USGov-Military-Navy Dentists at work United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka |