ARLINGEN — Texas State Technical College’s Dental Hygiene program and Red Square Dental & Orthodontics have partnered to provide TSTC students with increased hands-on training.
On Jan. 17, TSTC and the Edinburg-based dental clinic signed an articulation agreement focused on providing an exceptional educational experience for TSTC’s Dental Hygiene students that will align with their future careers.
As part of the “Smile Transplant Alliance” agreement, TSTC Dental Hygiene students will participate in external rotations and offer vital care to uninsured patients and organ transplant candidates through a collaboration with the DHR Health Transplant Institute.
Raquel Rico, TSTC’s Dental Hygiene program team lead, said it will be rewarding for both students and patients.
“This will bring awareness to what we will be able to accomplish orally and systemically for the patients,” Rico said.