Dental Hygiene students help veterans in need

North Idaho College Dental Hygiene students Chelsea Olivetto, left, and Abbey Leon assist supervising dentist, Dr. Mike Viale, at Generations Dental in Coeur d’Alene, during Operation Veteran Smiles on Nov. 12. NIC Dental Hygiene program instructor, Janis McClelland, who is not pictured, also volunteered. 

Free dental services were offered to homeless and in-need U.S. veterans. NIC students and McClelland joined a team of volunteers who provided dental work valued at $17,268 to 36 local veterans. 

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