Baker College’s Auburn Hills campus plays Santa to area dental care organizations

Baker College’s Auburn Hills campus has donated nearly $18,000 in equipment and supplies from its dental hygiene program to three charitable southeast Michigan health care organizations.

“We recognize that providing health care for the vulnerable, underserved and underinsured is a costly undertaking,” said Peter W. Karsten, Ph.D., CPA, Baker College of Auburn Hills president. “It is our hope that the donated dental equipment will help these organizations defray operating costs and enable them to serve more people in need.”

The three dental health care providers receiving donations are Oral Health Solutions, a nonprofit in Berkley, the Gary Burnstein Community Health Clinic, in Pontiac, and Oakland Primary Health Services, in Pontiac. All of the organizations provide low- or no-cost dental care to patients in their local and surrounding communities.

The donations include equipment for taking and processing X-rays, operatory chairs and stools, an autoclave sterilizer and a nitrous oxide anesthesia machine. Some clinical supplies were also donated.

For more information about Baker College, contact Nicole Chirco in the admissions office at nicole.chirco@baker.edu or 248.340.0600, or visit www.baker.edu.

The largest private college in Michigan, Baker College is a not-for-profit higher education institution accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Founded in 1911, Baker College grants doctoral, master’s, bachelor’s and associate degrees, as well as certificates in diverse academic fields including applied technology, business, education, engineering, health science, information technology and social science. Baker College has on-ground campuses throughout Michigan and offers online programs that can be completed 100 percent online without ever visiting a campus. In 2016, the Online Learning Consortium recognized Baker College Online with the OLC Quality Scorecard Exemplary Endorsement, the highest ranking for online higher education programs. For information, visit www.baker.edu or follow Baker College on Twitter, @bakercollege, or on Facebook, www.facebook.com/bakercollege.

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