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The goal of the program is to expose disadvantaged junior high school-aged children to oral health professions through a hands-on approach, and encourage them to set high academic goals for themselves so that they are prepared to succeed in whatever career path they might choose in the future.
At the end of each program there was a brief oral health tutorial and group discussion about what it takes to pursue careers in dentistry, dental hygiene and dental assisting Back to the top © 2003 - 2007 Greater Seattle Dental Hygienists' Society, all rights reserved |
On October 29th several GSDHS members participated in Dental Camp. Dental Camp is a collaboration between the Washington Dental Service Foundation and the University of Washington School of Dentistry. The 40 junior high school kids who attended the one day Dental Camp are part of a local program called Seattle Early Scholars Outreach (SESO). 
The dental hygienists worked alongside dental assistants and dentists, all acting as teachers and mentors. They lead the kids through exercises making maxillary and mandibular alginate impressions of the dental simulators, making plaster models from their impressions, reconstructing dental anatomy on simulator teeth by melting and carving inlay wax, and evaluating their own mouths for dental plaque using disclosing solution. Because of the need to adhere to bio hazard standards in the lab, practically all of the activities were performed on simulators, not on one another!