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First Year Dental Hygiene Students Take Part In PSP

Students enrolled in the Dental Hygiene Program at the St. Louis Community College at Forest Park are introduced to Community Public Health as part of their course of study.  They are given various opportunities to apply what they have learned into practice.  By taking part in PSP, students get first hand experience in Community Public Health.  This is a wonderful way to expose them to one of the ways in which they can get involved and give back to their communities upon graduation from college.  Pictured here are the first year dental hygiene students from the St. Louis Community College Dental Hygiene Program.

Salt River Community Health Center's Dental Team Takes Part In PSP

 
Thirteen students from a small community located in Clark County in the Revere C-3 School District participated in their school's first PSP event.  Dr. Dena Ball, DDS the dentist from the Salt River Health Center's Dental Clinic, her hygienist, Jamie Perry, RDH and her two dental assistants, Jenny Palmer and Erin Billings voluntarily provided the services necessary for the Elementary School to take part in PSP. 

PSP consists of an annual oral screening, interactive dental education on proper brushing and flossing, a fluoride varnish application twice a year and a referral to a dentist for those children needing dental care.  The school has scheduled their second fluoride varnish event to take place in April.

Union Star R-II School District Participates In PSP

 

Students from the Union Star Elementary School smile happily after having a dental screening, provided by a local dentist, and then having fluoride varnish applied to their teeth for the prevention of tooth decay.

Dr. Thomas Courtney, DDS a Stewartsville dentist in DeKalb County had graciously offered his time to provide these dental screenings to the students in this rural school where dental care is not easily accessed.  Students from both the Elementary School as well as the High School took part in this event.  Dental screenings can detect problems early and by referring children for treatment in a timely manner can prevent future complications.  Pictured above is Dr. Courtney and some of the smiling faces from this event.