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Seattle Vocational Institute Dental Clinic Has Annual Fund Raiser for the Dental Assistant Program

Photo: Dr Gil Pauley, Dr Pat Pauley, Dr Pollene Speed, Dr Haydon Mar, Dr Richard Ferguson at Seattle Vocational Institute Dental Clinic Fund Raiser

Each year the Seattle Vocational Institute has a fund raiser for the Dental Assisting Program to insure that as many students as possible have access to the program and are trained in a modern dental environment for entry level employment within the dental industry. SVI’s dental assistant program has been granted full accreditation by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation. The Seattle Vocational Institute Dental Assisting Program is part of the Community Outreach Program designed to improve the health and well being of people in the Seattle, WA, area. Along with the associated dental hygiene program, it is designed to provide oral health care to childern in great need of dental access and also it gives special attention and focus to minorities and underserved segments of the population. One way that childern can best receive preventative dentistry is by the application of dental sealants to their teeth. The focus on minorities is also a major goal in choosing students for both the dental assisting program and the dental hygiene program. The success of the dental assisting school is exceptional and enjoys a student placement of nearly 100% for those students that successfully complete their training into dental jobs throughout the Seattle area. Both the dental assisting and the dental hygiene programs have state-of-the-art clinical teaching facilities. They are associated with Seattle Central Community College. They have a very strong board of directors composed of dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, and other professionals associated with the field of dentistry. Dr Pollene Speed, in addition to having a private dental practice, is the Director of the SVI Dental Assistanting Program. Dr Speed is also the Chairperson of the Acceptance Committee for the University of Washington Dentistry Program. Dr Gil Pauley serves as Chairperson of Board of Directors for the SVI Dental Assistanting Program where he has worked with Dr Speed for about five years. Prior to that they were associates at the University of Washington where they collaborated and published two peer-reviewed scientific papers. Dr Pat Pauley worked with Dr Speed for three years on the Acceptance Committee for the University of Washington Dentistry Program.

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BELLEVUE COSMETIC DENTISTS DR PATRICIA PAULEY AND DR CYNTHIA PAULEY ARE THE FIRST MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DENTISTS INDUCTED AS PIERRE FAUCHARD ACADEMY FELLOWS

Pat Pauley DDS and Cindy Pauley DDS

PHOTO: The Pierre Fauchard Academy meeting in Seattle, WA, July 2008. From left to right are Dr Patricia Pauley (Fellow 2006), Dr Barry Feder (President WA Chapter), Dr Cynthia Pauley (Fellow 2008), Dr Charles Eller of California (National PFA President-Elect)

Dr Cynthia Pauley, a Bellevue Cosmetic Dentist, was inducted into the prestigious Pierre Fauchard Academy for Dentists in July 2008. Dr Patricia Pauley, a Cosmetic Dentist Bellevue, was previously inducted as a Pierre Fauchard Academy Fellow in 2006. They became the first mother and daughter dentists to be inducted as Fellows into this international dental honor association. Normally, the chapter president presents the Fauchard Medals to new fellows, but in this case Dr Pat presented Dr Cindy with her medallion. According to Dr Barry Feder, President of the Washington State Pierre Fauchard chapter, the two women Bellevue Cosmetic Dentists are the first mother and daughter dentists inducted as fellows into the prestigious international academy in both Washington State and the entire United States.

The Pierre Fauchard Academy seeks to support the highest of ideals of dentistry throughout the world. It is composed of fellows around the world who have distinguished themselves in the field of dentistry with their commitment and support of educational, community and research activities within the dental profession. To learn more about this international academy for dentists, see the Brookside Dental Newsletter article titled, “Dr Patricia Pauley Inducted into Pierre Fauchard Academy” from Winter 2006/2007 and also the academy’s website. This honor for both Dr Pat Pauley and Dr Cindy Pauley recognizes each person’s many years of dedicated service to the community and to dentistry.

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