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Kids and Healthy Teeth

Tooth decay is the single most common chronic childhood disease -- five times more common than asthma -- and 51 million school hours are lost each year as a result of dental-related problems. In order to help fight this problem, ACS has teamed up with the Medical College of Georgia's School of Dentistry, the Georgia Dental Society, and the North Georgia Dental Society to visit children at schools in cities throughout the State.

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE:ACS) , a premier provider of business process outsourcing and information technology solutions, announced today that its Government Healthcare Solutions division has been conducting its second year of free dental screenings for underserved children throughout Georgia. Most recently, the ACS Dental Initiative provided free dental screenings on Friday, December 16, 2005, at the L. P. Miles Elementary School in Atlanta. Approximately 400 children received education and screenings.

Since the program began in 2004, the ACS Dental Initiative has helped more than 10,000 children in Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Washington, Thomasville, Washington, Thomson, Albany, Decatur, and Cordele by providing free dental screenings, follow-ups and referrals; dental care packages, complete with toothbrushes, toothpaste, T-shirts and educational materials, and dental health educational programs. For many of these children, who are also given a recommendation report to share with their parents, the screenings are their first dental check-up.

"As corporate citizens of Georgia, we are concerned about the health and well-being of our neediest children," said John Crysler, Managing Director of ACS Government Healthcare Solutions. "Together with our partners, we hope to teach these children that practicing good dental hygiene now will have a profound impact on their health for years to come."

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