Second year students Katy Peterson, left, and Melissa Perez teach Early Childhood Lab (ECL) students dental hygiene at ECC in building A on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.

An ECL student holds a dental mirror in his mouth at ECC’s dental clinic on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.

Second-year student Lincoln Greenlee, left, and instructor Jane Maas look at an ECL student’s teeth in ECC’s dental clinic on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.

Instructor Jane Maas walks a nervous ECL student to a dentist’s chair in ECC’s dental clinic on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Third-year student Shamyri Beal helped familiarize the student with different dental tools commonly used during a dentist appointment.

A student in ECC’s dental assisting program demonstrates the use of different dental tools to an ECL student in ECC’s dental clinic on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.

An ECL student laughs after third-year student Shamyri Beal puts a rubber glove on his hand on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.

Second-year student Jenny Perez uses a dental mirror to look in the mouth of an ECL student at ECC’s dental clinic on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.

Two ECL students vigorously brush the teeth of a stuffed animal after being taught dental hygiene on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.

An ECL student raises his hand to answer a question asked by Dental Assisting Students while they taught about dental hygiene on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.