ORAL HEALTH CENTER CARING FOR DRUG COURT CLIENTS

Maui Oral Health Center is now providing dental treatment to
Maui/Moloka`i Drug Court clients and their minor children.

Lack of access to dental treatment has been identified as a major
impediment to the well-being and rehabilitation of Drug Court clients,
according to S. Larry Schlesinger, president of the Friends of the
Maui Drug Court.

The Wailuku-based Maui Oral Health Center is a project of Maui
Community College, the County of Maui, the State Department of Health
and the Maui County Oral Health Task Force.

Students in MCC's Dental Assisting Program are part of the clinical
team at Maui Oral Health Center, which provides dental services to
underserved, low-income and uninsured families under the leadership of
Clinical Director Spencer Owades.

"This partnership to provide much-need dental treatment will remove an
obstacle to the rehabilitative work of the Drug Court," Schlesinger
said.