The CNCC Dental Hygiene program took six second-year students to Craig to the Horizons residential treatment center for persons with disabilities last week. Dental hygiene students visited two homes and interacted with nine individuals with varying levels of cognition. The students brought typodonts (fake teeth) and toothbrushes for the residents to practice on. Then, the residents were given some oral health aids and demonstrated brushing in their own mouths. Many allowed the students to apply fluoride to help protect their teeth from decay. One resident is blind, and students adapted quickly to teaching not with demonstration, but with describing feel and touch to the resident. | COURTESY PHOTO
