Five Pennsylvania College of Technology students pursuing bachelor's degrees in dental hygiene: health policy and administration provided dental care and education to the 105 students attending La Escuelita The Little School in Managua, Nicaragua, during the college's Spring Break.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Health Sciences and Workforce Development & Continuing Education completed the college's first local-anesthesia training program for dental hygienists. Thirty-one dental hygienists completed the 30-hour training program, Local Anesthetics for the Dental Hygienist, on March 14. The program featured Dr.
A number of Penn College students were on hand for the eighth annual Kid's Day at the Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum in South Williamsport on Saturday.
Penn College dental hygiene students recently visited Avis Elementary School, where they provided education in each classroom. Among the students involved were Brittney L. Flannery, of Muncy, and Diana L. Geedey, of Mifflintown, whosevisit with a kindergarten class is highlighted on the school's Web site.
Dental hygiene students and faculty from Pennsylvania College of Technology teamed with volunteer dental hygienists and dentists to provide free oral screenings, sealants, fluoride treatments and education for 55 children as part of the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists' Association's statewide Sealant Saturday program on Feb. 13.
The School of Health Sciences and Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology are offering a noncredit course designed to provide licensed dental hygienists with the required knowledge and skills to administer local anesthesia in clinical settings.
The learning laboratory for students enrolled in Penn College's dental hygiene majors is accepting new patients from the campus community and general public. Services in the Dental Hygiene Clinic include cleanings, X-rays, sealants and examinations. Examination results and X-rays can be sent to a patient's regular dentist.
Rhonda J. Seebold, adjunct instructor of dental hygiene at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently returned from a People to People Citizen Ambassador Program trip to South Africa.
Penn College faculty and students from the dental hygiene and physical fitness specialist majors participated in a health fair at the Allenwood Low Security Correctional Institution. Topics covered were: oral health with Barbara K.
Pennsylvania College of Technology was recognized recently for an annual program that offers dental sealants to uninsured and underinsured children. The Northcentral Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center presented its Outstanding Oral Health Initiative award to the college for its involvement in the 2009 Sealant Saturday event.
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