UNE's Dental Careers Exploration Camp garners local media coverage

The 91直播视频鈥檚 fourth annual 鈥淒ental Careers Exploration Camp鈥 was the subject of a story on 鈥檚 local news broadcast Monday night, August 4, 2014. The camp was also the subject of an article in the Tuesday, August 5, 2014 edition of the .  

The three-day camp for high school students interested in pursuing careers in dentistry and dental hygiene was held at UNE鈥檚 Oral Health Center on the Portland Campus. 

The experiential program allowed 14 students from across Maine to utilize UNE鈥檚 64-seat simulation center, trying their hands at such procedures as restorations and digital X-ray, suturing, dental impressions, pouring and trimming.

Both stories highlighted Maine鈥檚 shortage of dentists, particularly in rural communities, and cited the camp as one program through which the 91直播视频College of Dental Medicine is working to address the problem.