Trinity McInnes improves Indigenous access to dental care – NAIT

Trinity McInnes (Dental Assisting ’25) knew she wanted to work in dental health care when she was just six years old.

She remembers when University of Saskatchewan dental students provided check-ups and cleanings for the kids in her Saskatoon neighbourhood. At the end of hers, she was given a toothbrush

McInnes slept with it under her pillow for months. “I was like, ‘This is mine. No one else is getting this,’” she says.

Those university students also taught McInnes and her five siblings how to care for their teeth – teachings that would inspire her to want to help “people who need it most.”

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