CSLP Volunteers Accepted to Dental School!

We are ecstatic to share the outstanding news of our Community Service Learning Program volunteers getting accepted to dental school. Throughout their time with KinderSmile Foundation internships, mission trips, and clinical shadowing/assisting, these students have shown their passion for the field of dentistry and their abilities to learn the trade. Whether they are accepted during their first round or reapply for a few cycles, we are confident that all CSLP volunteers have the potential to become dentists, and we are proud to know that these future dentists are already aware of the plight of oral health inequity from their time at KinderSmile Community Oral Health Center.

Congratulation and good luck to all!

• Monique Duru
  East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine
  

  Monique Duru (Class of 2022) is already practicing in the ECU dental lab.

• Shivum Gohil
  Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
  

  Shivum learned about community health by shadowing Dr. Nicole offsite at a local Early Head Start Program.

• Kenneth Leong
  University of Maryland School of Dentistry
  

  Ken assisted Dr. Lucia with nearly 50 tooth extractions during our mission trip to Dominican Rep.

• Jim Skaff
  Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine
  

  Jim expanded his dental assisting skills alongside Dr. Angela Crincoli while serving 110 patients in the Dominican Republic.

• Stephanie Smith
  Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine
  

  Stephanie established “Rutgers Tooth Fairies” to collect donations from private dental practices in the tri-state area.

High school, college, and graduate students can apply to volunteer at www.kindersmile.org/programs/cslp.