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Community Core Value in Action: Student Organized Program Offers Dental Care to 750 Children in Need
NSU College of Dental Medicine provided dental services to 750 school children and special needs patients in South Florida on Friday, February 5, 2016 to help kick off the ADA Foundation’s Give Kids A Smile (GKAS) Day program.
The children received examinations, cleanings, oral health education, preventive and restorative services (valued at more than $300,000).
NSU was selected by the ADA Foundation among 1,500 sites throughout the Unites States as the GKAS national launch site due to the university’s leading efforts since launching the program more than a decade ago.
“Each year, Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine’s Give Kids A Smile program provides dental care to several hundred children, many of whom have never visited the dentist,” said Linda Niessen, D.M.D., M.P.H., M.P.P., dean of the college. “This student-led program engages faculty, staff and community members who serve as volunteers in the day’s events, enabling our students to realize their leadership potential. GKAS also teaches our College of Dental Medicine students the power of giving back to the community, which is a core value of Nova Southeastern University.”
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