Office of Community Outreach
The Department of Public Health Sciences at Texas A&M University College of Dentistry oversees community outreach activities. The department provides a diverse range of programs including clinical treatment, oral health promotion and education and career-education programs.
our programs
Community Outreach offers dental health education and dental and oral cancer screening examinations, and clinical dental treatment to the public at various community sites. Participation in a social services activity is a requirement of the Public Health Sciences department for all fourth-year dental students. Public and corporate health fairs provide the venue for many of these events. Dentistry students may also provide oral screenings for entire student bodies at Dallas-area schools. They may also render dental care to patients at several area public health dental clinics that have an affiliation agreement with the college.
Extramural Clinics
Now-Forward2875 Merrell Road | (214) 358-8729
Formerly North Dallas Shared Ministries, Now-Forward is a trusted and compassionate resource for food, clothing, financial, medical, dental and mental health services for those in need in the Dallas area.
M.C. Cooper Clinic4542 Scyene Road | (214) 370-7260
Opened in 2021, the state-of-the-art clinic features a spacious waiting room, eight operatories, digital X-ray capabilities, a consultation room and a classroom/conference room in a 4,300-square-foot space.
Community Outreach Projects
Tooth Talk
A program of oral health education primarily for elementary, middle, and high school students; also teen mom classes, college classes, senior citizens and employee groups. Locations are in public and private schools in the Dallas area, Texas A&M College of Dentistry, business and civic sites.
Community Service Clinical Activities
Description: a program of dental examinations and treatment, and oral cancer screenings, and dental health education for corporate and community health fairs, Public Health dental clinics, student screenings in at-risk schools and special projects. Participants include people of all ages in the general population as well as student bodies and special population groups.
Community Preceptor Program
Includes Private Practice-SO98 and Public Health-SO99, through the Department of Public Health Sciences, which involve a one-week or two-week visit by a fourth-year dental student to private dental offices, group dental practice sites, and public health clinics in Alaska, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah