Doctor of Dental Medicine

Volunteer Experience & Dentistry in the community

Beneficence

 

Community Outreach

2018-2019 | Missouri School of Dentistry’s Dentures for Veterans Program
Dexter, MO & St. Louis, MO
Provided complete upper and lower dentures for Veterans free of charge.

2017-2019 | International Institute’s Global Health Fair
St. Louis, MO
Presented and conducted oral health education and dental screenings for underserved international patients.

2016- 2018 | American Dental Association’s Give Kids a Smile
Kirksville, MO & St. Louis, MO
Performed child prophylaxis and provided dental assistance and oral health education.

2017 | Delmar Gardens North Retirement Home
St. Louis, MO
Presentation and Q&A session about education and oral hygiene  instruction and tools for natural teeth and dentures in the form of a general group presentation as well as small-group interactions.

2017 | Boy Scout Dental Merit Badge
Kirksville, MO
Designed lessons and tests for local boy scout troop to achieve dental merit badge. 

2017 | Give Kids a Smile: Tiny Smiles
St. Louis, MO
Provided lap exams to children under three and children with special needs. 

2016 | Hope’s Kitchen
Kirksville, MO
Volunteered at local Catholic Church to prepare and deliver meals for community members.

2014-2016 | Missouri Mission of Mercy
Cape Girardeau, MO; Columbia, MO; Independence, MO
Aided with sterilization, charting, extractions and restorative treatment.

2016  | The Children’s Oral Health Institute’s Lessons in a Lunchbox
Kirksville, MO
Distributed lunch boxes containing oral hygiene products to children and provide oral health education. 

2015 | Twin Pines Adult Care Center
Kirksville, MO
Spent various Saturdays playing card games and visiting with elderly residents

2010-2015 | Autism Speaks
Cape Girardeau, MO
Raised funds and awareness for autism spectrum disorders.

2006-2015 | Shivelbines Children’s Music Fair
Cape Girardeau, MO
Summer program that introduced children to different types of musical instruments.

2014  | Rotary International’s World Affairs Seminar
Waukesha, WI
Week-long program that  developed leadership skills through an international seminar with an innovative, rigorous academic program with a focus on current global topics and trends.

2012-2014 | Missouri Oral Health Preventative Services
Cape Girardeau, MO
Visited schools K-12th to apply fluoride varnish over student’s teeth and provided oral health instruction.