Dental Day
For the 8th consecutive year, students from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry headed west to be a part of Dental Day. A total of 227 children without dental insurance were treated in Sidney, Gordon, Alliance and Chadron.  Six of these kids received dental surgery at Box Butte General Hospital in Alliance. 

Forty-three students studying dentistry and dental hygiene at UNMC, accompanied by 10 faculty members, participated in the Panhandle-wide event. Children were seen at Gordon Memorial Hospital, Dr. Wilcox and Dr. Maxwell in Alliance, Box Butte General Hospital in Alliance, CAP-WN Dental Clinic (Dr. Gioia) in Chadron, and Summit Dental Clinic (Dr. Neal & Dr. Hlavinka) in Sidney.

Recruiting appropriate kids and scheduling pre-screening appointments are vital to the outcome of this event. School nurses and dental office staff play a key role in completing these processes. Other dentists participating in the pre-screenings include: Dr. Giles, Alliance; Dr. Jacoby, Bridgeport; Dr. Moody, Crawford; Dr. Jensen, Oshkosh. 

Dental Day involves many logistics. The extensive planning process includes coordination with many players, including the participating dentists, Gordon Memorial Hospital, UNMC, Box Butte General Hospital and PPHD, to result in such a great number of kids receiving dental care. 

Dental Day 2012 will be on Friday, June 1 and Saturday, June 2. 
For more information, please contact Janelle Hansen at 308-487-3600 Ext 105 or email at hansenj@pphd.org.

Brush n' Up

Updated July 6, 2011