A combined education, promotion, and preventive program in the school would greatly reduce the amount of classroom time lost in traveling to a treatment facility. Comprehensive school programs also would obviate the loss of study time due to pain and apprehension before and after treatment. The major successes of school-based oral-health programs have been achieved when education has been combined with active prevention and/or treatment programs. Unfortunately, too few schools have routinely included active preventive dentistry regimens fluoride mouth rinses and tablet programs, sealant...