{"id":124013,"date":"2025-07-25T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=124013"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:05:07","slug":"unmc-college-of-dentistry-holds-special-dental-clinic-for-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/07\/25\/unmc-college-of-dentistry-holds-special-dental-clinic-for-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC College of Dentistry holds special dental clinic for veterans"},"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\tIn July, the UNMC College of Dentistry in Omaha held an engagement event for veterans, offering free dental service to seven former members of the armed forces at what Dean Gerard Kugel, DMD, PhD, called a veterans\u2019 outreach day.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t&quot;We are piloting this in Omaha,&quot; Dr. Kugel said of the event, which was paid for through philanthropic donations to the college. \u201cIdeally, I\u2019d like to do this once a month, but we\u2019ll have to wait and see.\u201d\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"panel__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"h5\">Share<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<hr \/>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"panel__social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=UNMC%20College%20of%20Dentistry%20holds%20special%20dental%20clinic%20for%20veterans&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unmc.edu%2Fnewsroom%2F2025%2F07%2F25%2Funmc-college-of-dentistry-holds-special-dental-clinic-for-veterans%2F\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"share on twitter, opens in a new window\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">twitter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"svg svg--twitter \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"1200\" height=\"1227\" viewBox=\"0 0 1200 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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>Dr. Kugel and Gregory Bennett, DMD, chair of the UNMC Department of Adult Restorative Dentistry and a veteran himself, traveled to Omaha to team with clinic leaders Amir Farhangpour, DDS, Kathleen O\u2019Brien-Ausman, DDS, and Jay Hansen, DDS, with dental residents joining faculty Corinne Van Osdale, DDS, and Madelyn Zastrow, DDS, to perform the dental work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resident Cecil Cray, DDS, is a Marine Corps veteran who came to Nebraska partly because of the college\u2019s work with Nebraska\u2019s veteran population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI thought it was pretty awesome,\u201d he said. \u201cI know how much it means to give back to these veterans.\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\/07\/DentistryVetOutreach16072425.jpg\" alt=\"A team of dental faculty, residents and assistants works with a dental patient\" \/>\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\tAt the veterans&#039; dental clinic on July 11, dental faculty and residents working out of the adult dentistry clinic in the Durham Outpatient Center assessed and created dental care plans for seven veterans.\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>Dwain Holmes, an Army Vietnam veteran and a longtime chaplain for a number of veterans groups, praised the work of the college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the hospital I get eyes, ears, heart, all that stuff taken care of, but not teeth, so I&#8217;m happy to see something like this help out in that area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holmes, who works with homeless veterans, said there are a lot of veterans in Nebraska in need of dental care, and he hopes to see the college\u2019s engagement efforts for veterans expand, not only in Omaha but elsewhere in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Air Force veteran Raul Alves, who was seen by Dr. Cray, said he felt \u201creally good\u201d to have a fellow veteran doing the work on his teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a bond we all have,\u201d he said. \u201cEven though we served in different services, we\u2019re all brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alves also said the dental work would be life-changing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s why I grew out my beard, because I feel ashamed of not having any teeth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Holmes and Alves said they were willing to be interviewed to help raise awareness of the efforts of the dental college to help veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf this could be expanded, that would be great,\u201d Holmes said.<\/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--fill\">\n\t\t\t\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DentistryVetOutreach1072425.jpg\" alt=\"A veteran receives dental care\" \/>\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DentistryVetOutreach19072425.jpg\" alt=\"A veteran receives dental care\" \/>\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\tVeterans who received dental care at the clinic say they appreciated the efforts of the UNMC College of Dentistry.\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>Dr. Kugel has held separate events known as VETSmile Dental Clinics in the college\u2019s Lincoln clinic and is working to expand the college\u2019s engagement efforts with Nebraska\u2019s veteran community in other ways, as well. Dates for future events are not set at this time, and future patients will be selected through collaboration with the Omaha VA, Disabled American Veterans and other Nebraska veteran organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a great need for dental care among Nebraska\u2019s veteran population,\u201d Dr. Kugel said. \u201cWe are exploring collaborations with other entities, working with the philanthropic community \u2013 just basically doing the best we can to discover ways to address this need and provide care to these men and women to whom we owe so much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People who wish to donate to the college\u2019s veteran outreach programs may make a gift to the College of Dentistry\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nufoundation.org\/fund\/01165660\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Veterans\u2019 Clinic Fund, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Veterans\u2019 Clinic Fund<\/a>. For more information, contact Theresa Brown at the University of Nebraska Foundation via <a href=\"mailto:theresa.brown@nufoundation.org?subject=Dental%20Veteran%20Outreach\">email<\/a>.<\/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\/07\/DentistryVetOutreach8072425.jpg\" alt=\"A sign that says UNMC College of Dentistry Dental Clinic\" \/>\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\tPeople who wish to donate to the college\u2019s veteran outreach programs may make a gift to the College of Dentistry\u2019s Veterans\u2019 Clinic Fund at the link 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