FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact: The
University of Tennessee Health Science Center Sheila Champlin –
(901) 448-4957, firstname.lastname@example.org or Dena Owens –
(901) 448-4072, email@example.com The UT Urban Smiles Initiative
and the Assisi Foundation of Memphis Launch ‘Project Choppers’
to Teach Dental Hygiene to Children Memphis, Tenn. (March 14,
2011) – The Urban Smiles initiative at the University of
Tennessee Health Science Center has launched a new project to
teach children to care for their teeth. Project Choppers is a
fun coloring book that tells a story encouraging children to
practice good habits in oral hygiene. With 10,000 copies in
print, Project Choppers is distributed free to children ages 6
to 9 through Urban Smiles, a mobile dental hygiene service for
underserved youth in the area. Urban Smiles is administered by
students and faculty in the Department of Dental Hygiene at the
UT College of Allied Health Sciences. The service is offered at
grade schools and youth service