Community Based Dental Education (CBDE)
Our programs aim to provide students with community-based experiences, particularly in clinics located in underserved communities.
Why CBDE is good for the student:
- Cultivates a positive attitude in caring for underserved populations
- Improves confidence by interacting with a diverse group of patients
- Develops a provider who is able to reflect on the oral health needs of a community being served
- Advances clinical skills by treating patients in busy patient-oriented facility
Why CBDE is good for the community:
- Addresses the access to care issues for the population served
- Increases the proportion of children, adolescents and adults who use the oral health care system, annually
- Fosters better trust and effective communication regarding oral health within the community
- Exposes students to careers in a safety net health center
- Helps to achieve objectives set by Healthy People 2020
Partner Clinics
All of our partnering clinics are located throughout Michigan.
Cherry Street Health
- Grand Rapids
Dental Clinics North
- Cheboygan
- Gaylord
Family Medical Center of Michigan
- Temperance
My Community Dental Centers Inc.
- Harrison
- Hart
- Ionia
- Manistee
Wayne County Healthy Communities
-
Wayne
Western Wayne Family Health Centers
- Inkster
- Lincoln Park
- Taylor