In addition to primary care, this center's services include parent training, well-baby clinics and prenatal counseling. Such a partnership would not only add an important oral health component to the center's services, but, like other extramural rotations, would provide a valuable educational experience for our students. Establishing a dental clinic as part of the Wellness Foundation's clinic, located at the site of the former Queen of Angels Hospital, is a project initiated by Presidential Fellow Duc Pham. Pham has designed and equipped the center almost entirely through donations of materials by various alumni and other practitioners, and manufacturers. Mulligan, along with Charlie Goldstein and Niel Nathason, is working with Pham to develop an operations budget and ongoing support.
Private practices are potential sites for expanded student experiences as well.
Linkages with practices that provide dental services in hospital settings or in-office IV sedation are being discussed to increase students' exposure to a variety of sedation modalities. Opportunities to expand our mobile clinic program may be realized within the year. Negotiations are underway with QueensCare Foundation for us to staff their mobile vans, which will serve the oral health needs of children in 30 schools in the North Hollywood area. Potential partnerships with Proctor and Gamble's Healthy People 2010 and Colgate's Bright Smiles projects, involving our own Mobile Clinic program, offer us the possibility of promoting oral health on an even broader scale. Mulligan also hopes to collaborate with Delta Dental's outreach program, Reach Out 2001.