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Operation Toothbrush: Understanding Pediatric Dentistry in Low Income Communities

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Operation Toothbrush is an initiative established to combat the oral healthcare disparity within young children who reside in Arizona. By working with elementary and preschool children, the project educated them and their families about the importance of oral hygiene in informative and intuitive manner. The project incorporated the help of…

Operation Toothbrush is an initiative established to combat the oral healthcare disparity within young children who reside in Arizona. By working with elementary and preschool children, the project educated them and their families about the importance of oral hygiene in informative and intuitive manner. The project incorporated the help of Pre-Dental volunteers, dental practices, and the Woodside Grant to obtain the supplies, information, and assistance necessary to conduct the initiative.
ContributorsTsiperfal, Nathan (Co-author) / Mansukhani, Kunal (Co-author) / Virdee, Gitika (Co-author) / Loebenberg, Abby (Thesis director) / Ostling, Michael (Committee member) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor) / School of Human Evolution and Social Change (Contributor) / W. P. Carey School of Business (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2017-05
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Future Leaders of Smiles Scholarship (F.L.O.S.S): A Need-Based Predental Fund

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This creative project explores the socioeconomic disparity seen amongst students in the pre-dental track along with the creation of a scholarship fund designed for need-based pre-dental students in order to cover dental school application costs. It touches on resources available for need-based students, scholarship effectiveness, as well as the service…

This creative project explores the socioeconomic disparity seen amongst students in the pre-dental track along with the creation of a scholarship fund designed for need-based pre-dental students in order to cover dental school application costs. It touches on resources available for need-based students, scholarship effectiveness, as well as the service learning journals documenting the experience of researching and implementing a scholarship fund.
ContributorsDetwiller, Devany (Author) / Loebenberg, Abby (Thesis director) / Bruggeman, Chelsie (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor) / Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business (Contributor)
Created2022-05