UNE College of Dental Medicine to graduate first class
The University of New England’s College of Dental Medicine will mark a milestone as it holds its commencement ceremony for its inaugural graduating class on May 20.
Sixty-two students will be awarded the Doctor of Dental Medicine degree at UNE’s 182nd commencement ceremony.
Founded in 2013, the College of Dental Medicine is the first dental college in Northern New England. Of the 64 students in the college’s initial class, 24 are from Maine, representing more than 20 different towns. The rest hail from 16 different states throughout the United States as well as Canada.
UNE’s dental program is built on extensive practical experience. Students work on simulated patients in their first two years, including direct patient care over the course of their second and third years. Under the supervision of UNE’s licensed faculty dentists, students treat patients in the Oral Health Center, which hosts an estimated 25,000 patient visits annually.
Last summer this year’s graduating class began clinical rotations in communities throughout northern New England. Working in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont and beyond, they administered oral health care at 27 sites, 16 of which are in Maine. Students on rotation provided 10,196 comprehensive dental visits to both children and adults, totaling 18,596 procedures at external sites, many of which are Federally Qualified Health Centers in rural areas.
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