State Basketball and Cheerleading

Special Smiles is a Healthy Athletes® discipline that provides Special Olympics Kansas athletes with free dental screenings and oral health education. Athletes can receive oral health screenings, brushing and flossing instruction, fluoride varnish application, and access to mouthguard fittings. By increasing awareness and access to dental care, Special Smiles helps reduce oral health disparities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and supports healthier, more confident athletes—on and off the field.

Special Smiles screenings will take place from 9:00am-1:00pm at Emporia State University Student Rec Center, 1800 Morse Rd, Emporia, KS 66801.