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Dental Assistant Recognition Week

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This week is Dental Assistant Recognition Week, and I welcome it as an opportunity to recognize the vital role played by each and every dental assistant at Community Health Center, Inc. Dental assistants perform a variety of basic patient care duties and assist dentists during many clinical procedures. In fact, they are the member of the dental team with the most diverse set of duties. They work hard to make sure patients feel comfortable and at ease throughout their experience….

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Connecticut Mission of Mercy 2015, a look back on last weekend’s clinic

March 23, 2015 Sara Anderson

CT Mission of Mercy 2015: by Julia Sisson Every year, dental care providers throughout Connecticut gather at the Mission of Mercy, a free clinic offering services to patients both insured and uninsured. The event is only two days long, but patients line up days in advance and come from as far as Maine to take part in the services provided. This year, Mission of Mercy set up its clinic in Danbury at the Western Connecticut State University’s Westside campus, with a…

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Give Kids a Smile Kick Off 2015

February 25, 2015 Chelsea Pepe

The American Dental Association began the Give Kids a Smile Day (GKAS) program in 2002 during the month of February, which is National Children’s Dental Health Movement. Beth Kilian the Program Manager of Mobile Dental Services stressed the Community Health Center’s significant role in the celebration. It offers patients with HUSKY insurance and non – insurance based patients with the opportunity for free dental care for children. Our kickoff event began in our Meriden location on February 6th with many children…

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CT Mission of Mercy Free Dental Care Event

May 6, 2014 Sayali Ghatpande

Since its inception in 2008, the CT Foundation for Dental Outreach and the CT State Dental Association have held Connecticut’s Mission of Mercy project, known as CTMOM, in a different areas of the state. During the weekend of April 25th, 2014, the XL Center in Hartford, CT was transformed into CTMOM’s large dental clinic. Each year, the two-day clinic provides free dental care to uninsured and underinsured patients. The patients, seen on a walk-in basis, had been waiting in line…

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Stand Down 2013

September 24, 2013 Sagar Parekh

“The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation” – General George Washington Last Friday, September 20, 2013, a large percentage of Community Health Center staff members from around the state attended the annual Stand Down event at the Connecticut Department of Veterans’ Affairs located in Rocky Hill, CT. The purpose…

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6th Annual Mission of Mercy a Big Success!

June 13, 2013 Pat Wildes

The following piece was written by Kiran Narain, the HealthCorps Navigator serving in CHC’s Mobile Dental Program. She’ll be attending Dental School in the fall! Last weekend, the HealthCorps Navigators volunteered for the 6th annual free dental clinic, Mission of Mercy (CT-MOM). This year, the two-day clinic was hosted in Bridgeport at the Webster Bank Arena on June 7th-8th to serve the underserved and uninsured. Volunteers began the extensive set-up two days prior to the clinic where the arena…

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