Only basic dental procedures will be provided, though. That means exams and x-ray films, teeth cleaning, fillings (silver or white), and extractions. If tooth requires root canal treatment, patient will have to come back at the regular clinic. This year school offers 50% off the school fee if patients showed up on Open Wide Day and came back to school for root canal treatment. This is a really sweet deal. The school fee is usually 33%-50% off the regular fee charged in a private clinic. Then you add another 50% discount on top of that. That’s a very good deal.

For regular clinics (ie, not Open Wide event), dental students will do both hygiene and dental works if there is enough time. Sometimes dental students are fully booked with their schedules, so they may transfer patients to hygiene department for teeth cleaning.