The CSUF Pre-Dental Society Club establishes a program called the Dental Education Outreach Program. We are actively involved in engaging early youths throughout the community in learning about dental and nutritional health.  We believe that early health awareness is integral to a sustained healthy living. Our program emphasizes preventative care in addition to maintenance of proper oral hygiene education to children. 

In this program, we offer children (ages 5-8 yrs old) of local elementary schools, and after-school programs the chance to learn about proper oral hygiene. Several times a semester, we as a club will go to elementary schools to perform a presentation – composed of skits, demonstrations using dental models, a segment/presentation on nutrition, as well as hands-on activities – to teach the younger generations of our community how to make a healthy habit of caring for their teeth and gums. Furthermore, to allow them to put what they have learned into practice, we give each child a “care package” containing a toothbrush, mini-tube of toothpaste, and floss to take home. We hope that by engaging young students in these presentations, we are catalyzing a lifelong habit of good oral care among the younger generation. 

Benefits and Learning Outcome for CSUF PDS Officers & Members:

1. Great learning aspect and a skill in interacting with children.
         -Will be interacting children as patients in your dental practice when you become future dentists in the 
          future.
         -Possible career choice into specializing into Pediatric Dentistry in the future.

2. Develop your leadership skills through teaching children in elementary schools in providing preventative 
    dental health education.
         -Will constantly be educating future patients in preventive dental education through your 
          dental career in the future. Great Practice.

 

Benefits and Learning Outcome for Children:

1. Learning how to make a healthy habit of caring for teeth, gums, and overall health.