U of A dental students host Shared Smiles event for people with disabilities – Edmonton | 24CA News

University of Alberta dental college students held a particular occasion Saturday geared toward serving to folks with disabilities get the dental care they want.

The free occasion included oral well being care ideas and methods, in addition to free test ups for anybody with a incapacity or particular wants.

Dental hygiene college students partnered with dental college students to host the occasion, which additionally aimed to show college students to turn out to be inclusive of their practices as soon as they head out into the workforce.

Allora Mason, a 3rd yr dental pupil and co-organizer of the Shared Smiles occasion stated generally folks with disabilities have boundaries to accessing dental care, so a part of the work they do is join folks with dentists and dental hygienists who can present look after them.

“Sometimes family members and caregivers don’t really know what to look out for (with) dental concerns,” she stated. “Lots of different disabilities have unique oral health issues or diseases that they may be faced with. Another barrier is they don’t know who to go see as they may have experienced going to a dental office and being turned away because the practitioner wasn’t comfortable or didn’t know how to accommodate the patient.”

Mason added that it’s an amazing confidence booster for college kids to work together with the neighborhood and see simply how straightforward being accommodating may be.

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