NYU dentists drop in on Kasigluk

Thu, February 14, 2008 
Posted in Alaska News

Dentists from the New York University College of Dentistry descended on the tundra Village of Kasigluk last week to implement a pilot project aimed at overcoming a dental health epidemic. The College has a long history of similar volunteer projects in third world countries, but they decided to lend a hand in rural Alaska in the wake of the American Dental Association’s lawsuit against the Dental Therapist Program.

Shane Iverson, KYUK - Bethel

 
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