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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
MASTER'S PROGRAM IN GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH

New York University's Master's Program in Global Public Health is a collaborative effort of five of NYU's premier professional schools, including NYU's College of Dentistry, the most comprehensive oral healthcare center in the world. This innovative program, leading to the M.P.H. degree or to the combined D.D.S./M.P.H. dual degree, is multidisciplinary in every way with a curriculum that offers a unique preparation for a career in global health. The program seeks students who have completed an advanced degree in medicine, dentistry, nursing, public service, social work, education, and other fields. Please browse our Web site for details on curriculum, faculty, and the NYU community.

http://www.nyu.edu/info/gmph/ms0917

Volunteer Dentists/Oral Surgeons Needed
to Assist with Oral Health Initiative in Honduras

Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) is recruiting dentists and oral surgeons to fulfill two week volunteer assignments at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras in El Valle de Sula (UNAH-VS). Volunteers will assist the dental school faculty with clinical and didactic instruction by providing training to the dental students on new clinical techniques, infection control issues and the basic science behind evidence-based dentistry. Continuing education lectures and demonstrations are also requested for the local dentists and faculty at UNAH-VS.

HVO is a private nonprofit organization committed to improving the quality and availability of health care in developing countries through the training and education of local health care providers. By emphasizing teaching and training rather than direct patient care, HVO aims to create a group of trained local health care providers who can teach others in their communities.

HVO's Oral Health Initiative programs are sponsored by the American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) and the American Dental Association (ADA). To learn more about this opportunity, contact:

Barbara Edwards, Project Associate, Health Volunteers Overseas
"Improving Global Health Through Education"
Phone: 202-296-0928; Fax: 202-296-8018
Web:  http://www.hvousa.org/

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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENTISTRY LAUNCHES SPANISH VERSION OF ITS EDUCATIONAL MOUTHPOWER® WEB SITE  

California Dental Association Foundation
makes translation possible

The California Dental Association Foundation—the philanthropic affiliate of the California Dental Association—awarded a grant to the National Museum of Dentistry to create a Spanish version of www.MouthPower.org. Visitors to the web site will now have the option of exploring Mouthie’s laboratory in English or Spanish.

“The National Museum of Dentistry’s mission is to educate the public about oral health in a healthy life, and translating MouthPower® into Spanish significantly increases the reach of this vital and engaging program,” said Rosemary Fetter, Executive Director of the National Museum of Dentistry. “We are grateful to the California Dental Association Foundation for their generous gift to translate www.MouthPower.org into Spanish.”

"We are pleased to partner with the National Museum of Dentistry on this important program to extend the cultural and linguistic opportunities to educate children and families on the importance of oral health," said Jon Roth, Executive Director of the California Dental Association Foundation. The CDA aims to improve the oral health of Californians by supporting the dental health profession and its efforts to increase access to care for the state's most vulnerable people.

"Expanding our reach with preventive oral health messages is important to the CDA Foundation,” added Bruce Toy, DDS, Chair of the CDA Foundation Board of Directors. “We're glad to have the opportunity to partner with an established program like MouthPower® to extend our reach.”

“We are excited that the important oral health messages found in MouthPower® will now be able to reach into the Hispanic community,” said Hispanic Dental Association Board President Ernest L. Garcia Jr., DDS. “This is an excellent program that will have a tremendous impact on the oral health of Hispanics with its translation into Spanish.”

MouthPower®—the signature oral health education program of the National Museum of Dentistry—motivates young people to discover the power of a healthy smile. Offered online as an interactive web program, on site as a hands-on exhibition, and across the country in a new traveling exhibition, MouthPower® engages elementary-school age children to learn about brushing and flossing, the parts of a tooth, healthy food choices, the dangers of tobacco use, and the evolution of oral health care.

MouthPower® online is an entertaining and education web experience developed by the National Museum of Dentistry in partnership with the American Dental Association.

The Spanish version of MouthPower® online is made possible by the California Dental Association Foundation. Additional support for MouthPower® online is provided by United HealthCare Dental.

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The Gordon J. Christensen
Two-Year Fellowship Program
at the Scottsdale Center for Dentistry

The Scottsdale Center for Dentistry is offering dentists an exclusive opportunity to join a select community to be educated and mentored by some of dentistry's leading clinicians and practice managers.

"The Fellowship Program represents the ideal opportunity to learn under the top clinicians in dentistry," says Dr. Gordon J. Christensen, Dean of the Scottsdale Center. "Participants will not only learn how to maximize their treatment options and patient care but enjoy much higher professional satisfaction and a more profitable practice."

All courses are scheduled for Mondays and Tuesdays at the state-of-the-art Scottsdale Center for Dentistry. This timing allows participants to arrive early and enjoy a relaxing weekend in Scottsdale before their course work begins.

The uniquely comprehensive program offers participants an organized, concise way to get the latest information on every area of dentistry. Topics include:

The Scottsdale Center for Dentistry officially opened in April 2007 with the goal of becoming the leading post-graduate education center for dentists and their teams through the delivery of unbiased, pragmatic, evidence-based, patient-centered dental education.

For further information, contact:

Angelique Destruel, Vice President, Marketing
Scottsdale Center for Dentistry
(866) 781 - 0072
www.scottsdalecenter.com/fellowship