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Owens offers free dental services for children during Give
Kids A Smile Day, Feb. 5
PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP: Oral hygiene,
X-rays, and fillings will be the focus of free dental
appointments at Owens Community College
as more than 150 area elementary and
high school students’ teeth are transformed to
pearly whites during the
nationwide Give Kids A Smile Day on Friday, Feb. 5, 2010.
Owens’ Dental Hygiene program,
in collaboration with the Toledo
Dental Society, will be offering a day of free dental services
for “at-risk” children ages six months to 18 from 8 a.m. - 12
p.m. and 1-4 p.m. at the College’s
Dental Hygiene Clinic. The clinic is
located in Health Technologies Hall on the Toledo-area Campus.
Additionally, Toledo Dental Society dentists and
Expanded Functions Dental Auxiliary will provide restorative
treatments such as fillings and extractions for patients on Feb.
12 from 1-4 p.m.
Give Kids A Smile Day is a national initiative by the
American Dental
Association, which is dedicated
to focusing attention on the epidemic of untreated oral disease
among disadvantaged children. Held each February in conjunction
with National Children’s Dental Health Month, Give Kids A
Smile Day provides free oral health education, screening and
treatment services to children from low-income families across
the country.
Owens Dental Hygiene second-year students, faculty and alumni,
and area dentists, as well as Penta
Career Center faculty
and students, will be conducting dental services, which will
include dental education and screening, X-rays, oral prophylaxis
(cleanings), limited restorations and
dental sealants. In addition, first-year students from
the health
program will provide educational presentations for parents and
children.
The College’s Dental Hygiene program provides more than 40
students with a fully accredited, scientifically current and
competency-based curriculum annually. Students receive classroom
instruction as well as hands-on experience in the Dental Hygiene
Clinic, while preparing to sit for the national, state or
regional exam in dental hygiene. Owens’ program also offers
dental services to area residents through its
Dental
Hygiene Clinic. The 20-chair
clinic is staffed by dental hygiene
students and supervised by
licensed dental professionals at Owens, and appointments are
available during the Fall and Spring semesters for a $25 fee.
Individuals interested in receiving free dental service are
encouraged to contact the College’s Dental Hygiene Clinic at
(567) 661-7294 or
1-800-GO-OWENS, Ext. 7294.
Appointment reservations must be made prior to the event. |
