DELTA DENTAL OFFERS FREE ONLINE NEWSLETTER FOR SCHOOL NURSES, EDUCATORS

PARSIPPANY, NJ (May 13, 2003) – Delta Dental Plan of New Jersey (Delta Dental), New Jersey's and Connecticut's leading dental benefits carrier, now offers a free online newsletter for school nurses, teachers, and others interested in teaching children about oral health.

Wisdom Tooth is published four times a year, and delivered free to subscribers via e-mail. Each issue contains valuable ideas and strategies for incorporating dental health curricula in the classroom. Articles in the May 2003 issue include:

• Why more student athletes should wear mouth guards
• Where to find Spanish-language oral health resources
• Oral health Web sites geared for students and teachers
• News about groundbreaking research in oral health

Although Wisdom Tooth is written primarily for school nurses and educators, an online subscription is available to anyone who requests it. Subscriptions are free. You may unsubscribe to Wisdom Tooth at any time.

To subscribe to Wisdom Tooth, go to Delta Dental's Web site at www.deltadentalnj.com and click "Kid's Club" at the bottom of the home page.  Then enter your e-mail address in the "Wisdom Tooth" subscription box. Future issues will be delivered via e-mail. Past issues of Wisdom Tooth are also available online.

Delta Dental does not sell, rent, or disclose e-mail addresses to third parties. Therefore, you will not receive unsolicited e-mail ("spam") as a result of subscribing to Wisdom Tooth.

Delta Dental Plan of New Jersey, Inc., is New Jersey’s and Connecticut's leading dental benefits carrier, providing coverage to more than one million people through contracts with employers in New Jersey and Connecticut. The Delta Dental Plan system is a national network of independently operated, not-for-profit dental service corporations specializing in providing dental benefits programs for employee groups throughout the country. For more information visit us on the Web at www.deltadentalnj.com.