Your destination for oral health mentorship for aspiring dental professionals
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00:00:05.560Planet Smiles is a non-for-profit00:00:07.640organization that I started before00:00:09.480dental school and when I came to the00:00:11.440University of Maryland in 2015 I wanted00:00:14.080to serve the community and educate00:00:16.320children that want to be dentists on00:00:18.640what the field of Dentistry is00:00:19.960mentorship opportunities and how they00:00:22.000can become dentists in the00:00:00.150 future I00:00:23.720think that mentorship and early exposure00:00:26.199to Dentistry is huge this opportunity00:00:28.960allows them to to see what Dentistry is00:00:31.880all about opens up mentorship00:00:34.280opportunities with University of00:00:35.719Maryland School of Dentistry faculty as00:00:38.520well as alumni and current students so00:00:41.879they can see themselves in their shoes00:00:44.800I'm very excited cuz especially cuz I00:00:46.719nared something new that I never thought00:00:49.160I could do or never thought about doing00:00:51.399this program is great I I hope a lot of00:00:53.480dental schools and a lot of different00:00:55.079kinds of medical schools Pharmacy00:00:56.760schools are doing programs like this00:00:58.280because it can help our community and00:01:00.079help improve the relationship between00:01:01.800the providers or professionals with the00:01:03.519community around them I've been having a00:01:05.519best time of my00:01:10.750[Music]00:01:21.079life
Testimonials
“I am very excited because I learned something new that I never thought I could do or never thought about doing.”
“I really liked the hands-on activity because I had the chance to actually act like a dentist.”
“I am having the best time of my life!”
“I really liked everything about this program!!!”
