NAIT student clinic looking for 200 new denture patients

A NAIT Denturist Technology student works with a patient in the dental lab at Main Campus in Edmonton.

NAIT’s Denturist Technology program is looking for 200 new denture patients.

According to a September 12 statement from NAIT, these patients will receive dentures for roughly one-third of what it would cost elsewhere for the same procedures, while helping second-year students gain hands-on experience.

It’s recommended that dentures be examined yearly, and in most cases replaced every five years.

“Patient participation is essential for this program to run,” said Trena Perrin, an educational lab technologist in NAIT’s School of Health Sciences. “All the work is done in a real clinic setting at NAIT under the supervision of registered denturists.”

 Patients will be seen by the same student denturist throughout the process, until their dentures are complete. Follow-up visits can also be made as required as required. 

 “Patients receive courteous, professional and economical service, while getting complete and partial dentures,” said Perrin. “Our students, meanwhile, get real-world experience which helps them prepare for meaningful careers.”

NAIT’s denturist technology program is one of only four denturist programs in Canada, and attracts students from across the country.

The full-time, three-year program is designed to provide students with the theoretical, technical and clinical experiences required to assess, diagnose, design, fabricate and insert both complete and partial removable dentures. 

The school states that more than 96 per cent of graduates find work within a year of completing the program.

Denture patients interested in participating in the program can contact the NAIT dental clinic at 780-471-7786.

Telus warns of international lottery scam

Telus is warning Canadians about a surge in a common international lottery scam being sent via letter mail to residents of British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba, falsely claiming an association with TELUS and Koodo. 
In a public service announcement issued July 6 Telus urges customers not to send funds or give out personal information in responses to the letters.
An example of an "advance fee scheme," the scam involves letters that claim to be from an organization titled The National Lottery (in conjunction with Koodo Mobile and Telus Corporation). The letter states that the recipient has won a $51,950 cash prize in the World International Consumers and telephone users sweepstakes held in the United Kingdom on July 28.
The recipient is asked to make a bank deposit to cover taxes and processing fees and includes a cheque to cover the costs. However, that cheque is forged and will bounce, while any money deposited will be lost.
Telus states that these letters are fraudulent, and are in no way related to it or other companies the scam artists claim to be associated with. It's recommended recipients "simply throw the letters in the recycling bin."
The RCMP Anti Fraud department and Canada Post are aware of this scam. Canada Post is evaluating and they will work toward preventing these letters from entering the Canadian mail system.