Dr. Hsu's program, featured in the WSDA News, ​​was also recently covered by The Columbian.

Camas dentist spearheads program on dealing with dental trauma

By Wyatt Stayner, Columbian staff writer

Dr. Ron Hsu’s calling is higher than just being a dentist, so it makes sense that he’d expand his endeavors beyond his practice, Storybook Dental in Camas.

“In many ways, I’m still interested in helping people out with real, big problems,” Hsu said.

That’s a driving factor in Hsu’s decision to start a countywide program aimed at helping educate people how to treat dental trauma, and also tooth avulsions, where teeth fall completely out.

“When you are able to do it correctly and save your teeth, save your smile, (patients are) incredibly grateful,” Hsu said. “It’s very satisfying to be able to say, ‘Hey, I didn’t just fix a small cavity. I actually put somebody’s smile back together.’”

Hsu started making training presentations to local schools in January about his program, which is mostly aimed at informing local school nurses on how to properly handle severe dental damage. There’s research that suggests about one in three kids have had some kind of dental trauma by high school, and Hsu has provided Save-a-Tooth kits to the Vancouver, Evergreen, Battle Ground and Camas school districts.

Read ​the full article at columbian.com.