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PORTLAND, Maine

UNE Dental Medicine students create and host Dentistry Merit Badge Day for Boy Scouts

Students and faculty from UNE’s College of Dental Medicine will volunteer their time and dental knowledge to local Boys Scouts for Dentistry Merit Badge Day, taking place at the Oral Health Center on Saturday, November 21, at 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

To meet the requirements for earning their Dentistry Merit Badges, scouts will have the opportunity to make model teeth out of soap, or other household materials, create posters about the importance of proper oral health care, describe the types of dental fillings and treatments for tooth decay, and more.

This community service initiative was facilitated through a course taught by Meghann Dombroski, D.M.D., M.P.H., assistant clinical professor in the College of Dental Medicine. Class of 2018 Dental Medicine students Benjamin Lacy, Peter Pelligrini, Alyssa Leibzeit, Wes Deibner, Mike Katz, Christine Roenitz and Lea Beaulieu created and organized the project.

These students will staff the event, under the guidance of Timothy Martinez, D.M.D., associate dean of Community Partnerships and Access to Care at UNE. 

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.