UAA Dental hygiene students train at Elmendorf.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: UNIVERSITY NEWS

This year, Dental hygiene students from the University of Alaska Anchorage gained extra hands-on training through a partnership with Elmendorf Air Force Base that was in the planning stage for two years. A dozen students worked at the Elmendorf Dental Clinic beginning in February. The students, who have two years of study already under their belts, were already caring for patients. The new program allows them to increase the number...