{"id":48529,"date":"2008-06-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2008\/06\/03\/unmc-college-of-dentistry-to-provide-free-dental-services-to-panhandle-youths-2\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T19:30:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T00:30:10","slug":"unmc-college-of-dentistry-to-provide-free-dental-services-to-panhandle-youths-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2008\/06\/03\/unmc-college-of-dentistry-to-provide-free-dental-services-to-panhandle-youths-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC College of Dentistry to provide free dental services to Panhandle youths"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>\nEighty students, dental faculty and staff from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry will spend June 6-7 tending to the oral health of 200 children in western Nebraska. <\/p>\n<p>This is the fifth year in which the dental college will travel across the state to offer dental services, at no cost, to children in the Panhandle region of Nebraska. <\/p>\n<p>The dental college will set up shop in four Panhandle communities &ndash; Sidney, Alliance, Chadron and Gordon &ndash; where children who have been pre-screened by local dentists will receive a variety of services including cleanings, fluoride treatments, sealants, cavity fillings, education and emergency care as needed. Total cost of services provided is estimated at $100,000. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The response from families seeking care for the services has been overwhelming,&rdquo; said David Brown, Ph.D., executive associate dean, UNMC College of Dentistry. <br \/>\nFive children are already scheduled for oral surgery at the hospital in Alliance and there are waiting lists at every site.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>The following is a list of participating sites: <\/p>\n<p>Alliance: D.N. Taylor, Jr., D.D.S. and Paul J. Maxwell Jr., D.D.S., 916 West 10th, Alliance, NE 69301; Box Butte General Hospital, 2101 Box Butte Avenue, Alliance, NE 69301 <\/p>\n<p>Chadron: Prairie Pine Lodge, 900 W 7th Street, Chadron, NE 69337; Terry Owen, D.D.S, 101 E 6th Street, Chadron, NE 69337 <\/p>\n<p>Gordon: Gordon Community Hospital, 300 E 8 Street, Gordon, NE 69343 <\/p>\n<p>Sidney: William Printz, D.D.S., 1340 10th Avenue, Sidney, NE 69162; Summit Dental Group &#8211; Mike Neal, D.D.S., Melanie Kroft-Albers, D.D.S., Leasa Hlavinka, D.D.S., 2678 11 Avenue, Sidney, NE 69162 <\/p>\n<p>UNMC is the only public health science center in the state. Its educational programs are responsible for training more health professionals practicing in Nebraska than any other institution. Through their commitment to education, research, patient care and outreach, UNMC and its hospital partner, The Nebraska Medical Center, have established themselves as one of the country&#8217;s leading centers in cancer, transplantation biology, bioterrorism preparedness, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, genetics, biomedical technology and ophthalmology. UNMC&rsquo;s research funding from external sources now exceeds $80 million annually and has resulted in the creation of more than 2,400 highly skilled jobs in the state. UNMC&#8217;s physician practice group, UNMC Physicians, includes 513 physicians in 50 specialties and subspecialties who practice primarily in The Nebraska Medical Center. For more information, go to UNMC&rsquo;s Web site at www.unmc.edu. <\/p>\n<p>-30- <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eighty students, dental faculty and staff from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry will spend June 6-7 tending to the oral health of 200 children in western Nebraska. 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