4800+ Individuals Received Services
Including oral health education, screenings and clinical services (free of charge) from the service-learning community activities the senior dental hygiene students completed for 2017-2018*.
*Numbers are likely to be higher since health fairs are difficult to estimate.
Individuals served include:
- Children/teens: 3065
- Adults: 1228
- Seniors: 138
- Individuals with Disabilities: 97
- Individuals experiencing homelessness: Homeless Connect: 171
- International: Ireland adults/children: 104
- Community Donations: 34 student donations towards 25 various community charities
$104,356 Donated in Professional Dental Hygiene Oral Healthcare Services
This includes the following activities that the ODU School of Dental Hygiene senior students provided to the community:
- Mission of Mercy ( MOM) Portsmouth = $6,500.00
- Homeless Connect 2017 & 2018 = $12,300.00
- Dental Access Day at Chesapeake Care = 8,000.00
- Fluoride Varnish Donations = 243 applications x 25.00 = $6,075.00
- Donegal, Ireland Seniors = $1,520.00
- Public Health Dental Clinics = $69,961.00
*For 2017-2018
