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MUSC Partners with CommuniCare to Enhance Smiles for a Lifetime

July 1, 2006

As part of a new program in CommuniCare's Summerton Smiles for a Lifetime Dental Center, two fourth-year dental students from the Medical University of South Carolina will do their clinical rotations each week under the direction of Dr. Mike Myers, a specialist in pediatric dentistry, and the Summerton Smiles for a Lifetime Dental Center on-site dentist.

Ken Trogdon, Chief Executive Officer of CommuniCare, and Dr. Jack Sanders, Dean of MUSC's College of Dentistry initiated this valuable partnership that allows students in their final year to learn from a pedodontist, while helping serve the Clarendon District 1 children that visit the center for dental care.

"It really is a win-win situation for everyone involved. The MUSC students get to study in an environment that caters to underserved children, and Smiles for a Lifetime has the opportunity to introduce the program to new dentists as a recruiting tool," said Georgia Famuliner, Operations Director of Smiles for a Lifetime Dental Centers.

The first students begin rotations in August 2006.

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