{"id":121041,"date":"2025-04-02T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=121041"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:10:15","slug":"unmc-free-dental-day-meets-youths-needs-from-around-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/04\/02\/unmc-free-dental-day-meets-youths-needs-from-around-the-state\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC Children&#8217;s Dental Day meets youths&#8217; needs from around the state"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"panel panel--short story-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"panel__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"panel__header\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"panel__intro panel__intro--alt\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t\tOn March 28, the UNMC College of Dentistry held its annual Children\u2019s Dental Day from Lincoln, bringing together UNMC dental, dental hygiene and nursing students to provide dental care to children who quite often 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I\u2019m proud of our students. This is an incredibly important day for us and the community.\u201d &#8211; Dentistry Dean Gerard Kugel, DMD, PhD.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"inset medium-text\">\n\t\t<div class=\"inset__container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text-md \">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>As children arrived at the UNMC College of Dentistry, first-year dental students, some dressed as tooth fairies, greeted them with wide smiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 28 was the college\u2019s annual Children&#8217;s Dental Day, when nearly 300 UNMC dental, dental hygiene and nursing students provided free dental care to more than 200 children from throughout Nebraska, many of whom have little or no access to dental services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the direction of faculty from the University of Nebraska Medical Center Colleges of Dentistry and Nursing, and with support of the college staff, the students cleaned teeth, filled cavities, addressed soreness and infections. They also worked hard to make the day a memorable and pleasant one for the children in their care.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"feature feature-video\">\n\t<div class=\"feature__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"feature__media feature__media--full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"feature__video\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ssuGurQ_ygo\" title=\"UNMC Children&#039;s Dental Day\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"feature__caption feature__caption--line\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>UNMC hosted its annual Children&#039;s Dental Day in Lincoln.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"inset medium-text\">\n\t\t<div class=\"inset__container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text-md \">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>Hanna Hawks, a first-year dental student volunteer from Wichita, Kansas, said she was aware of the college\u2019s Children&#8217;s Dental Day when she applied to the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was excited to be taking part (although she was volunteering in a white coat, not a tooth fairy costume).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI love the way that this school focuses on giving back,\u201d Hawks said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawks said she and her fellow D1s were concentrating on providing a welcoming environment to help calm nervous kiddos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a great opportunity to help,\u201d Hawks said. \u201cObviously, we&#8217;re not giving treatments, but our job also is important, because we&#8217;re managing the emotions of a lot of the kids and families. Serving in that way is really cool, because we can&#8217;t in a lot of other ways \u2013 yet. In the next few years, we&#8217;ll be getting to provide the treatments, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"panel panel--short image-group\">\n\t<div class=\"panel__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"panel__img__group panel__img__group--full\">\n\t\t\t\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DentalDay-011040125.jpg\" alt=\"A scene overlooking the dental care at UNMC&#039;s Children&#039;s Dental Day\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel__main panel__center\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"feature__caption feature__caption--line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNearly 300 UNMC dental, dental hygiene and nursing students provided free dental care to more than 200 children from throughout Nebraska during Children&#039;s Dental Day.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"inset medium-text\">\n\t\t<div class=\"inset__container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"text-md inset--last\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>Since 2001,&nbsp;more than 6,000 childrenhave received treatment at Children&#8217;s Dental Day, and over $3 million in dental serviceshave been provided. Children are identified through school nurses and district health departments \u2013 this year\u2019s small patients came from Lexington, Columbus, Crete, Grand Island, Hastings and York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is something that many of the faculty are passionate about,\u201d said Claire Koukol, DDS, assistant professor in the college\u2019s department of growth and development, and one of the faculty organizers of the event. \u201cWe see how important this is to the kids. We try to make it as positive an experience as possible, because we want them to be good dental patients as adults. And we also want them to not be in pain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robin Johnson said her 8-year-old daughter Kaytlyn was excited to come from Hastings for the event, adding that the students seemed good at their job and were friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dental work at the event ranges from cleanings, restorations and extractions to pulpotomies, stainless steel crowns and root canal therapy.&nbsp;Children also participate in educational activities designed to increase their awareness of the importance of oral health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/unmc\/albums\/72177720324831164\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"See this Flickr album for more photos from Children's Dental Day., opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See this Flickr album for more photos from Children&#8217;s Dental Day.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fourth-year dental student Nick Stolze said it was important for him, and his fellow students, to give back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeing able to give these kids treatment \u2026 It\u2019s great to be able to do this,\u201d he said. \u201cIt helps them a lot, and they usually have a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dean Gerard Kugel, DMD, PhD, said he was awed by the efforts of the students and faculty, citing not only the Children&#8217;s Dental Day in Lincoln, but a similar event in the western part of the state, the clinics for veterans, work with the school system and other volunteer outreach efforts by the college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is so much need in this state,\u201d Dr. Kugel said. \u201cI\u2019m proud of the school. I\u2019m proud of our students. 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