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"We have large families who
come to our clinic and we make every
effort to see the whole family if we
can," he says. "Sterling is a very tightknit community and we are proud to
serve and be a part of their families."
Empathic skills are also important
for students, who need to learn how
to communicate with diverse patient
populations, from children to seniors.
Time management while providing
quality of care is also a critical skill for
students to learn. In the dental school
setting because of other variables
such as classes, a student may only
see two patients a day, one in the
morning and one in the afternoon.
In the Sterling clinic, students
may see four to five patients a day.
Yoon oversees the students' work,
but gives them the opportunity to
practice general dentistry, including
exams, fillings, oral surgery and more.
"Here, we help them learn how to
think critically on the spot, supported

by evidence-based research and their
clinical training," Yoon says. "These
are skills you really can't practice
unless you're in a real-life situation."
For Yoon, providing support to
students comes naturally. As a CU dental
student, he rotated through the Salud
Ft. Lupton clinic and understands the
importance of the ACTS program. Even
if dental students want to take another
path - orthodontics, for example - the
experience they get in a community
health center will be rewarding.
"Petros is the best - he was a fourth
year when I was a first year and would
help me even then," Iritani says. "One of
the big reasons I wanted to go to Sterling
as a rotation was because of him.
Iritani also has worked in the dental
clinic at Denver Health's Westside Family
Health Center and will be assigned
to the Worthmore Dental Clinic in
Aurora, caring for refugees. He'll have
two more affiliations in the spring.
Iritani is applying for CU's Graduate

Orthodontics Program and hopes
to join his dad's practice. His dad,
Mark Iritani, is a 1985 graduate of
the CU School of Dental Medicine
and also practiced in an underserved
part of Colorado as a young dentist.
"ACTS is valuable because it
exposes you to what it would be like to
work in both public health and private
practice," Matthew Iritani says. "I
think the opportunity to see patients in
different situations has been beneficial
- especially since I went into dentistry
because I want to help people."

"HERE, WE HELP THEM LEARN HOW
TO THINK CRITICALLY ON THE SPOT,
SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE-BASED
RESEARCH AND THEIR CLINICAL
TRAINING... THESE ARE SKILLS YOU
REALLY CAN'T PRACTICE UNLESS
YOU'RE IN A REAL-LIFE SITUATION.

"

DENTAL. INTEGRATED FOR HEALTH.

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