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Effective with the 2008 school year, New York's law requires that students enrolling in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or first grade must present a dental health certificate within 30 days after the student enters the grade.
Ongoing dental certificates are required at the same intervals as health certificates are - twice in elementary school (third and fifth grade) and twice in the secondary grades (seventh and ninth grades)
Legislative measures have been generally well-received by dentists and their professional societies, such as the American Dental Association, in part because studies show two trends, an increase in pediatric dental disease and a growing connection between dental health and a person's overall medical condition.
