By Special to El Paso Matters, El Paso Matters When Kelly Yang, then a third-year Texas Tech Health El Paso Hunt School of Dental Medicine student, noticed patients with special needs required sedation for routine dental procedures, she developed a solution. Her creation, Smiles For All, is a pioneering program that helps individuals with special needs become comfortable in dental environments. The program pairs special needs patients with dental student volunteers who provide step-by-step exposure to dental equipment, sounds and procedures.

Sessions take place on the fourth Friday of each month at the Texas Tech Dental Oral Health Clinic, ensuring consistency by pairing each participant with the same student providers over multiple one-hour sessions. The program focuses on individuals wi

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