麦当劳微笑快车, WVU School of 牙科 team up at BSA Jamboree
7月. 26, 2023
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麦当劳微笑快车, WVU School of 牙科 team up at BSA Jamboree
来自, (7月26日, 2023) -徒步旅行, skateboarding and BMX bike riding are just a few of the recreational activities available at the Boy Scouts of America National Jamboree in Glen Jean, 一直持续到周五.
So it’s not surprising to learn that Jamboree participants — many of whom are in the brace-wearing demographic — are experiencing some dental emergencies.
A collaboration consisting of Smile Express — 莫农加利亚县卫生局’s mobile dental office — and the WVU School of 牙科 has alleviated these situations with repair work, 有时候暂时的, that will get the Scouts back up and running until they can see their dentists back home.
“有很多正畸干预,蒂芙尼·萨默林说, 一名牙科保健师, the health department’s full-service dental office, 以及微笑快车的协调员. “There are a lot of high adventure activities that the Scouts are doing, and that does not mix well with orthodontics.”
例如, 一个玩滑板的童子军摔倒在地, and while his braces kept him from breaking any teeth, 需要修理支架.
Dr. 迈克尔Bagby, the associate dean for pre-doctoral academic affairs at the School of 牙科, and a team of students were able to “fix him up and get him back to having a good time,萨默林说.
这对牙科专业的学生来说是双赢的. Bagby指出.
“They just got a little more experience with teenagers,” he said. “Half of the problems teenagers encounter are with orthodontic appliances, 在我们学校, because they would have gone to the orthodontic department, 这对他们来说是新事物.”
大约10,来自全国各地的000名童子军, 还有大约5岁,000名领导及其他支援人员, have descended upon the Summit Bechtel Reserve from 7月y 19-28 for the National Jamboree.
Dental care has been provided in the past, noted Dr. 马克·亨德森, 一位来自考夫曼的退休牙医, Texas who heads up emergency dental services at the Jamboree. In past Jamborees, he noted, services were performed from a tent.
“At the last two Jamborees, we were in a very high-quality tent, but with a very poor floor,” Dr. 亨德森说. “牙医需要能够四处走动, sitting on a chair with five sets of wheels to see the mouth from every angle.”
In an email directed to 莫农加利亚县卫生局’s leadership and 卫生委员会 members, Dr. Henderson expressed delight in Smile Express, launched in 2018 with a goal of traveling among six counties so staff members can treat students without a dental home, 以及其他拓展机会.
“The RV is everything we hoped it would be,” Dr. Henderson说. “The staff have been exemplary models of professionalism, emulating genuine total dedication to the betterment of all the patients within the radius of their ability to travel and who are in genuine need of improvements to their quality of life,他在邮件中写道.
除了Summerlin和Dr. Bagby, dental staff members who have traveled down to the Jamboree include MCHD 牙科’s Dr. Youseph Kassar and dental assistant Velvet Urgo, as well as Dr. Stephen Pachuta, dean of the WVU School of 牙科.
西弗吉尼亚大学是童子军的大力支持者. Pachuta说. “戈登·吉总统是我的大力支持者, and we had the opportunity in the Health Sciences schools to partner with 莫农加利亚县卫生局 and the BSA to provide care.”
Dr. Bagby and three students covered the first half of the Jamboree, while Dr. Pachuta and three additional students were there for the second half.
“It’s a wonderful opportunity for the students to get community service and deliver care in a non-traditional setting,” Dr. Pachuta说. “他们很高兴来到这里. They are enjoying their experience and we are providing marvelous care.”
Smile Express is a converted 2005 Winnebago Voyage motorhome with three slide-outs, 两间牙科诊所, 数字x射线设备, 消毒中心, software to send images back to MCHD 牙科 and a gaming station in the waiting area.
“The bus is really great and it makes our lives very much better than in previous years,” Dr. Bagby说. “The staff that came down with the bus has been very helpful and helped us with the computer system that we weren’t familiar with.”
Talks about a collaboration between MCHD and the WVU School of 牙科 began in 2019, said Dr. Bill Ramsey, the associate vice president of WVU Health Sciences who ‘brokered” the deal.
“I knew 莫农加利亚县卫生局 had the mobile dental clinic,” said Dr. Ramsey, who connected with his longtime acquaintance, Dr. B李. 麦克赫德的县卫生官员史密斯说.
“这是一个很好的资源, and good visibility for the School of 牙科 and 莫农加利亚县卫生局.”
In addition to Scouts with orthodontics interventions, the dental crew has also helped out adults in need of care.
“We’ve had a few Scout leaders and staff members who lose a crown and need it recemented, or they have a filling fall out… nothing too traumatic,萨默林说.
博士说. Kassar of MCHD 牙科: “The dentists and students working the dental clinic there have done a great job of managing any urgent dental needs. I’m very glad and appreciative that we were able to go down and be a part of the BSA National Jamboree.”
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