Detroit's 300th Anniversary
The University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry participated in numerous UDM Community Health Days in celebration of Detroit's 300th Anniversary during the year 2001. The free UDM Dental Health Days included dental examinations, consultations, career and patient education for over 300 children, youth and adults at each community site.

The UDM School of Dentistry is providing dental service programs for COTS (Coalition On Temporary Shelter), the Salvation Army and the Kosovo refugees including treatment planning, emergency treatment, radiographs, extractions, restorative dentistry and free comprehensive care for children.

Eastside Detroit Health Fitness Fair
During the past five years the dental students and faculty participated in the annual Eastside Detroit Health Fitness Fair with the Kettering-Butzel Health Initiative and Back to School Health Jamboree at Adam Butzel Community Center. The teams provided dental examinations and health care education to more than 4000 patients, age 3-18 years. The purpose of these fairs is to help avert the mental, physical and emotional deterioration of our youth and community.

International Dental Service Program
The year of 2001 marked the seventh time the UDM Dental School has participated in an International Dental Service Program. During spring break each year, senior dental students and a faculty member are selected to provide treatment, training and patient education to hundreds of children in the Dominican Republic and Belize, Central America. The project is part of an ongoing international program of dental service to these two countries. The Comprehensive Dental Treatment Program is funded by UDM and the Michigan-Belize Partners of the Americas as they work together to expand a new disease prevention program. In this project the UDM dental students have the unique opportunity of working as an interdisciplinary team with dental hygienists, nurses, doctors and educators in Belize and the Dominican Republic.

Dental outreach programs serve the needs of the elderly in Detroit with the delivery of dental care to nursing home residents who would have difficulty finding care otherwise. Outreach sites are also set up to treat special needs in the metropolitan area including the Homeless Clinic in Herman Keifer Center, Detroit - a joint project of the Detroit Health Care for the Homeless (DHCH) and UDM School of Dentistry.