Marim Kamel, a fourth-year dental student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, vividly remembers a woman from her childhood, who came to her church to teach the children about oral health and how to brush their teeth. As Kamel waited early Thursday morning to take part in the UTHSC College of Dentistry’s Give… Read More
The College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will hold its annual Give Kids a Smile Day February 23, providing free dental services to 97 children and teens from Freedom Preparatory Academy in Memphis. For roughly a decade, the UTHSC College of Dentistry has participated annually in Give Kids a Smile… Read More
Middle school students from Freedom Preparatory Academy were all smiles during their visit to the UTHSC College of Dentistry Thursday, February 20th. Their visit was for the annual Give Kids a Smile Day, a national outreach of the American Dental Association, that provides free oral health services to underserved children in the community. “This event… Read More
On Thursday, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry welcomed 85 students from the Fields Roads and Whitehaven middle school campuses of Freedom Preparatory Academy for their annual Give Kids A Smile Day. Dentistry and dental hygiene students with supervision by faculty performed 958 free dental procedures valued at $20,798. This year… Read More
Students, faculty and staff of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Dentistry provided free dental services Thursday to 78 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students on National Give Kids A Smile Day. A total of 893 dental procedures worth $17,954 were performed during the service event, one of many ways UTHSC annually… Read More
