HARRISBURG, Pa. – The dental hygiene clinic at HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, will provide free protective dental sealants and oral exams to children over the age of 6 with limited or no access to dental care on Feb. 24, 2015, from 5:30-8:30 p.m.
 
HACC students studying dental hygiene and dental assisting, along with community dental professionals, will perform routine oral exams and apply protective sealants to teeth to help decrease dental decay.
 
Services will be performed at HACC’s Dental Hygiene Clinic on the Harrisburg Campus in Room 104 of the Select Medical Building. Scheduling an appointment is recommended. Please contact the clinic at 717-780-2490 to make an appointment.
 
This free service is offered by the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists’ Association, HACC and the Harrisburg Area Dental Society, with support from Dentsply®, Premier® and the Temple University Dental Hygiene Alumni Club.
 
HACC’s dental hygiene students, who are student members of the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists’ Association, strive to improve the public's health, advance the art and science of dental hygiene and ensure access to cost-effective quality oral health care.
 

About HACC

HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, offers more than 150 career and transfer associate degree, certificate and diploma programs to nearly 20,000 students at campuses in Gettysburg, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Lebanon and York and through online classes. In addition, HACC serves more than 29,000 students in noncredit workforce development, public safety, adult basic education and continuing education programs offered at all campuses and off-site locations in many communities in Central Pennsylvania. For more information on how HACC is uniquely YOURS, visit www.hacc.edu.