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 Richard
Valachovic, D.M.D., eyed the scrawny teenager. Jude was unkempt and dirty, but
also witty and personable. Jude lived on the streets of Boston after running
away from a brutal home situation. Then one day he was stricken with intolerable
pain in his jaw. Jude sought help from a mobile van providing dental services
to homeless kids in which Dr. Valachovic volunteered.
At
the time, Dr. Valachovic was the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at the Harvard
School of Dental Medicine in Cambridge, Mass. He was a pediatric dentist by training
and practice, and an educator by profession. Dr. Valachovic took the youngster’s
medical history and became increasingly alarmed. Something was wrong – something
more than an erupting wisdom tooth and more than the absence of having a bed
to sleep in at night.
“I
recognized that Jude had an underlying cardiac condition that was being aggravated
by his dental situation,” Dr. Valachovic said. “It was severe.”
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IHS
DOH Externship Selection Continues
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Applications
for the 2009 spring and summer IHS externships closed on February 28th with a
total of 322 dental students from 49 US dental schools applying. IHS placed 91
students in 2008 and expects to place more than 100 this year. Keep
your phone and email lines open as selections will continue through the end of
March. More
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Planning Your Dental
Career?
Check
out our online vacancy listing to get up-to-date employment information. Go to www.dentist.ihs.gov and
click on the link for “Current Vacancies.”
Keep In Touch With
IHS Dental News
Join
the Dental Recruitment ListServ! Go to www.dentist.ihs.gov and
follow the instructions on the home page.
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IHS Snap
Facts
Access to IHS Dental Care
350 Hospitals
and clinics in 35 states
1,014 IHS dentists and dental
hygienists
371,000 Patients treated
annually
121,000 Patients receiving
one or more topical fluoride treatments annually
241,000 Sealants placed
annually
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