The Central Virginia Community College in Lynchburg is temporarily shutting down a program that provided free oral hygiene care to the underserved.
Dental hygiene students now will have to travel farther to get clinical experience, according to a story by WSET-TV. The temporary closure also affects residents who cannot afford dental care.
School officials say they will reopen the program after they set up their own dental hygiene facility on campus. In the meantime, patients can still get free dental hygiene care from Virginia Commonwealth University students, who will be practicing at the Free Clinic of Central Virginia.
