Kudos: Dental Assisting program thanks South Lake Tahoe area dentists

Our local dental offices are SUPER HEROS! When COVID-19 shut the world down, it shut our dental offices for about 2.5 months. When they could reopen, they were faced new required PPEs and a shortage trying to get what was needed to reopen. Then there was me, asking them to take my dental assisting students for an externship which requires a minimum of 50 hours spent in the office. Lake Tahoe Community College provided each student with the required PPEs, so it would be less of a hardship for the dental offices to take them.

On May 10, some students went into offices, and on June 1, the rest of the students were able to go into the other dental offices. Here we are on June 28, and all of the students not only got their required 50 hours and their four patients for (FMX) Full Mouth Series of X-rays completed, most of them have been hired!

We very much appreciate the time and effort they generously donated during this past year. These dental offices accepted these students by sharing their knowledge and experience first-hand to help each student gain the tools needed to become an essential member of the dental health profession. Without the support of these dental offices, students would have had to wait until next year to complete their graduation requirements. These dentists are OUR SUPER HEROS!

We really need to THANK:

Dr. Paul Genasci Genasci and Stigers Family Dental Care
Dr. Lee Ann Stigers Genasci and Stigers Family Dental Care
Dr. Charlie Van Sicklen Genasci and Stigers Family Dental Care
Dr. Jeff Chamberlain
Dr. Deanna Brothers
Dr. Nicole Gordon
Dr. Kevin Cassidy Tahoe Dentist
Dr. Chris Cerceo Tahoe Family Dentist
Dr. Jeannie Kaufman Tahoe Family Dentist
Dr. April Westfall The Smile Shop
Dr. Samina Quidwai The Smile Shop
Dr. Patrick Pacyga The Smile Shop
Dr. Robert Rutner Sierra Tahoe Dental
Dr. Hyun Ha Tahoe Dental Arts
Dr. Denise Henderson Kings Beach Dental
Dr. Rachel Appelblatt Tahoe Oral Surgery
Dr. Dan Martin Tahoe Oral Surgery
Dr. Vincent D'Ascoli D'Ascoli Orthodontics
Dr. John Bocchi Sierra Smiles
Dr. Donald Yamaoka
Dr. Carter Christensen Zephyr Cove Dental

- Elizabeth" Liz" Ferguson RDA Dental Instructor
Lake Tahoe Community College
South Tahoe High School