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.
A crowd of more than 200 people watched in Bardo Gymnasium on Thursday night as the Penn College women's volleyball team defeated Penn State Abington and said a tearful "goodbye" to seniors Alyssa M. Covas and Ashley D. Oswald.
All 27 of the most recent graduates of Pennsylvania College of Technology's dental hygiene major passed the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination. The purpose of the Dental Hygiene Examination is to assist state boards in determining qualifications of dental hygienists who seek licensure to practice.
Penn College's dental hygiene major celebrated its 30th anniversary Friday, three decades during which 939 bachelor's and associate degrees were awarded to 774 graduates and the program's first instructor rose to become the institution's president.
Three students Ann Marie Prosser, of Elizabethtown; Lauren Whitcraft, of Mountville; and Nadena M. Nykaza, of Jermyn and one faculty member, Rhonda J. Seebold, spent a week (Feb. 20-27) in Managua, Nicaragua, working with students and parents of La Escuelita to educate them on proper dental hygiene and to perform basic dental care.
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