According to a recent article in The Portland Press Herald, The University of New England is moving forward with plans to open what would be northern New England's only college of dental medicine in the fall of 2013.
The university has been awarded $3.5 million from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention for its proposed Portland-based dental school and teaching clinic. The funding was authorized by Maine voters last November as part of a $5 million bond to increase access to dental care in Maine. UNE, which had already been working to develop the school, submitted the only application for the funds.
The state funding, along with a $2.3 million commitment from Northeast Delta Dental, will be used to help startup costs associated with opening the college.
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