ISU receives $500K to update dental hygiene clinic
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POCATELLO Thanks to a donation from Delta Dental of Idaho, Idaho State University will be updating its teaching dental hygiene clinic.
The $500,000 ISU is receiving is part of donations amounting to nearly $2 million from Delta Dental of Idaho. That money will go to the university’s dental hygiene clinic, adding 15 new chairs and retrofitting the 10 already existing chairs with updated delivery systems and lights.
“It’s incredibly important to have well-trained hygienists entering the oral health care field and ISU’s 4-year program is exceptional,” Delta Dental of Idaho spokesman Dr. Kyle Seimen, DMD, said in a news release. “Their students receive a well-rounded education along with superior oral health training that Idahoans can trust. Those qualities and the fact that ISU’s oral health education perfectly aligns with Delta Dental of Idaho’s mission made s