California Dental Association Foundation, State Sen. Alex Padilla and Verizon to Demonstrate Dental Telemedicine Technology on F
February 24 2010 - 1:24PM
PR Newswire (US)
Innovative Pilot Project, Funded by $100,000 Verizon Grant, Will
Improve Oral Health of Underserved Children in the San Fernando
Valley Region LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The California
Dental Association Foundation on Friday (Feb. 26) will demonstrate
a dental telemedicine pilot project that will expand access to
dental services to San Fernando Valley school children who live in
underserved areas. WHAT: Demonstration of dental telemedicine pilot
project serving San Fernando Valley school children WHO: State Sen.
Alex Padilla, 20th Senate District Marianne Haver Hill,
president/CEO, MEND -(Meet Each Need with Dignity) Tim McCallion,
Verizon West region president Dr. Paul Glassman, professor of
dental practice, University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School
of Dentistry Dr. Lindsey Robinson, chair, CDA Foundation Board of
Directors WHEN: 10 a.m., Friday, Feb. 26 WHERE: MEND 10641 N. San
Fernando Road Pacoima, Calif. 91331 VISUALS: Demonstration of
telemedicine technology allowing dentists to remotely examine
children's teeth and diagnosis their dental health. Background: The
California Dental Association Foundation -- in collaboration with
the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry
and the California Health Care Foundation, and $100,000 in funding
from Verizon -- is partnering with MEND on this four-year pilot
project. It will expand and improve access to dental services by
establishing a telecommunications link between community-based oral
health professionals in underserved communities and dentists in
traditional locations. These oral health professionals are dental
hygienists and dental assistants who can perform additional duties
- specifically, preventive and temporary restorative treatment --
without direct supervision of a dentist. DATASOURCE: Verizon
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