Dental student Grace Wallace of Dexter works Wednesday with Carter Beisaw, 4, of Bowdoin at the University of Maine at Augusta Lewiston Center Dental Clinic. Nine dental assistant students practice at the clinic, which is at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College. Northeast Delta Dental gave $665,000 Wednesday to allow the college to double the number of students studying at the clinic, add three more dental chairs and increase scholarship funds. The clinic had 50 appointments for children under 18 filled in an hour, assistant professor Courtney Noonan said. “The need is there,” Brenda McAleer, dean of college of professional studies, said. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Taylin Beisaw, 9, of Bowdoin looks Wednesday at her X-rays dental student Erika McArthur took at the University of Maine at Augusta Lewiston Center Dental Clinic. Nine dental assistant students practice at the clinic, which is on the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College. Northeast Delta Dental presented $665,000 Wednesday to allow the college to double the number of students studying at the clinic, add three more dental chairs and increase scholarship funds. The clinic had 50 appointments for children under 18 filled in an hour, assistant professor Courtney Noonan said. “The need is there,” Brenda McAleer, dean of college of professional studies, said. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Assistant professor Courtney Noonan, right, talks Wednesday with assistant professor Tricia Spearin at the University of Maine at Augusta Lewiston Center Dental Clinic on the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College campus. Northeast Delta Dental presented $665,000 Wednesday to double the number of dental chairs to six, double the number of students and increase scholarships for potential students. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal