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Central Community College Dental Hygiene Awarded Grant to Support Head Start Rotations
The Central Community College Dental Hygiene program in Hastings, NE, has been awarded a $5,000 grant from America’s ToothFairy National Children's Oral Health Foundation. This grant will be used to purchase supplies for Head Start rotations for second-year dental hygiene students.
The rotations will provide the following to attendees: dental screenings, silver diamine fluoride applications, silver fluoride applications, fluoride applications, sealant applications and dental education.
Central Community College Dental Hygiene students provide dental hygiene care to approximately 6,000 children each year in Head Start, daycare centers and elementary schools.
Courtesy of Central Community College Dental Hygiene Program
Published on November 11, 2026