New collaboration aims to bring dental education program to Vermont

0
New collaboration aims to bring dental education program to Vermont

A Detroit dental school plans to establish a clinic and education program in Vermont by 2027, bringing in 64 third-and fourth-year students who it hopes will decide to stay in the state to practice after they graduate, greatly alleviating what Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, called Vermont’s “dental crisis.”

“This is an important step forward for health care in the state of Vermont,” Sanders said in a Friday press conference to announce the collaboration between the University of Detroit Mercy and the Vermont State Dental Society. “It is not a secret that we have a dental crisis in our country and that we have a dental crisis in Vermont, and that is a crisis, by the way that is too often ignored.”

New collaboration aims to bring dental education program to Vermont

Sanders stressed that dental care is health care.

“The truth is if you don’t have teeth to chew your food or you have excruciating pain every time you eat, you can’t get the nutrients you need to stay healthy,” Sanders said. “Dental care is health care and dental issues can lead to larger health problems. Half of adults have some form of periodontal disease, which makes them two to three times more likely to have a heart attack, stroke or other serious cardiovascular event.”

link

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *