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There are no stickers or balloons given out after appointments at the Harvard Dental Teaching Clinic. And the 40 sterile cubicles where dental students "practice technique" on real patients are a far cry from the small, cozy offices where private dentists wield their drills...
Most students opt out of the clinic--run as a training ground for students at the School of Dental Medicine (SDM). Those who chose the Harvard dental plan often go to the University Health Services (UHS) for treatment rather than trekking across the river to the Longwood campus. Some say they do not trust the less experienced dental students...
...cost for those insured through the Harvard program is the same at UHS and at the clinic, for those without insurance the clinic provides the same services at about half the price. UHS, a much smaller facility, sometimes sends patients to SDM to handle overcrowding, according to Dean of Dental Education Dr. Howard Howell...
...York University, the dental teaching clinic required patients to sign waivers forfeiting the right to sue in exchange for the care they received until a court decision invalidated the practice...
Since those humble beginnings, the institute's size has ballooned--and at points it has been so big that its budget was larger than that of Harvard's Design, Divinity, Dental or Education schools...