New Dental Simulation Laboratory Now Operating at Meharry Medical College
Filed in HBCUs on May 3, 2013
Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, has debuted its dental simulation laboratory that was made possible by a $750,000 grant from Delta Dental Inc.
The new facility has 30 workstations that operate in the manner of a private dental practice. Students can practice any dental procedure from a routine cleaning to a root canal on mannequins. All procedures can be videotaped and may be viewed by faculty to evaluate student performance.