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Parkland dental students to help Ninth Ward kids

By Anne Cook
Wednesday December 12, 2007

CHAMPAIGN – Many children in New Orleans' St. Bernard Parish haven't seen a dentist since Hurricane Katrina leveled their neighborhood, and that worries Parkland College dental students.

"Our understanding is, there are no dentists in the parish because they haven't come back after Katrina," said Peg Boyce, who will take 20 of her dental hygiene students to New Orleans after Christmas to set up clinics at two schools in the parish to take care of students' dental needs.

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