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The Fones School of Dental Hygiene<\/strong><\/a> at 越南直播 is expanding its program once again. In February,\u00a0Jennifer Boyce, DMD<\/strong>. became the first full-time dentist on staff at Fones. \u201cI love it here and I love the people,\u201d she says of her new home. Now, through the Senior Smiles program, she and the rest of the school are offering expanded dental care to people over 65 years old.<\/p>\n

For decades, the Fones School of Dental Hygiene has provided low-cost, top-quality cleaning services, offering oral examinations, teeth cleaning, sealants, radiographs, and fluoride treatments to the people of southeastern Connecticut. But, as Boyce says, the patients \u201care often looking to come here for more than dental hygiene.\u201d They need a fuller range of dentistry services.<\/p>\n

Many of the neediest patients are over retirement age and have fallen through the cracks of the healthcare system. \u201cWhen seniors retire, they lose their dental insurance, thus we have a high population of geriatric patients in our clinic with age-related conditions such as coronal and root decay, receding gums, and unaddressed tooth loss,\u201d says\u00a0Marion Manski, RDH, M.S.<\/strong>, director of the Fones School. With this in mind, the clinic chose to help this vulnerable population when applying for a\u00a0grant from Delta Dental Foundation of New Jersey, the country\u2019s largest dental plan administrator.<\/p>\n

The clinic was awarded $50,000\u00a0from Delta Dental to establish the Senior Smiles program, in which low-income patients over 65 will receive free basic dental care beyond a cleaning, such as fillings, extractions, or dentures and partial plates.\u00a0Fones already boasts a 30-chair facility, but needed extra equipment, such as drills, extraction tools, and infection control items. They received additional support from other companies, like Centrix in nearby Shelton, which donated $5,000 worth of materials.<\/p>\n

This is a game changer,\u201d Boyce says. \u201cFor the first time we\u2019re offering more than hygiene.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The founder of the world\u2019s first dental hygiene school, Dr. Alfred Fones, encouraged a city-wide hygiene program that kept Bridgeport safer than any other American city during the flu pandemic of 1918. And now in 2020, the Fones School is rising to the challenge of another pandemic, \u201cfollowing the most stringent interpretation of the current guidelines.\u201d Students and teachers alike are fitted with face shields and body coverings, while the room is fogged with hypochlorous acid in between sessions to disinfect.<\/p>\n

Due to this groundbreaking program, dental hygiene students at UB will learn more about total tooth care and will get to see more procedures performed. Most importantly of all, they will get a more complete experience, guiding patients from assessment to treatment. In the future, the Fones School plans to expand the program further, and potentially add a dental therapy component to the master\u2019s degree curriculum.<\/p>\n

But the real beneficiaries of the school\u2019s programs are the people of southeastern Connecticut. \u201cOur hope is to continue to offer basic care at a reasonable fee,\u201d she says. \u201cThat\u2019s our goal.\u201d The first day treating patients was August 4, and schedules are filling up fast. \u201cPatients have been calling since we shut down,\u201d Boyce says. \u201cPeople need us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Treatment is by appointment only:\u00a0seniorsmilesub@bridgeport.edu<\/strong><\/a>, (203) 576-4137, or visit\u00a0bridgeport.edu\/fones<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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