UNE's Dental Careers Exploration Camp garners local media coverage

The University of New England’s fourth annual “Dental Careers Exploration Camp” was the subject of a story on WCSH-6 TV’s local news broadcast Monday night, August 4, 2014. The camp was also the subject of an article in the Tuesday, August 5, 2014 edition of the Portland Press Herald.  

The three-day camp for high school students interested in pursuing careers in dentistry and dental hygiene was held at UNE’s Oral Health Center on the Portland Campus. 

The experiential program allowed 14 students from across Maine to utilize UNE’s 64-seat simulation center, trying their hands at such procedures as restorations and digital X-ray, suturing, dental impressions, pouring and trimming.

Both stories highlighted Maine’s shortage of dentists, particularly in rural communities, and cited the camp as one program through which the UNE College of Dental Medicine is working to address the problem. 

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.