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The star of this spring’s dental hygiene research presentations was a service dog
named Luci, who played an important part of UAA students Shayna McGinty, Amber Carroll,
and Tetiana Sazhnieva research into dental therapy dogs.
During the presentation, the team of dental hygiene students discussed the benefits
of dental therapy dogs, the specialized training therapy dogs receive, and what it
might be like to have one in the office.
But it was Luci who stole the show.
“When our group decided to present this topic as a research presentation, I asked
if it would be okay to bring Luci [to join us],” said McGinty. “We got permission
and she was a star!”
McGinty began researching the topic to determine if there were measurable benefits
to having a dental therapy dog in a dental office and decided to start training one
of her puppies, Luci, as a dental therapy dog with Alaska Dog Works.
Contact Jordana Newman for more information.
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