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Dental students at 2023 Yankee Dental Conference
Students and instructors from Diman's Dental Assisting program attended Yankee Dental Convention in Boston on Jan 26, 2023. In total, 36 students and four instructors explored over 100 exhibitor booths to speak to dental professionals and learn about new products and technologies in the dental field.
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Diman just won a $2.5 million grant. Here's what they plan to spend it on.
Diman Regional has won a major grant that will bring new equipment to two programs in fast-growing industries. “For Diman to receive this amount of money is special,” said Andrew Rebello, the school’s principal. “This is really gonna expand the ceiling of opportunity for students.” (9/28/22)
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Dental Assistant Spotlight- Hailey
Perfect Smiles is extremely fortunate to have a close relationship with Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School in Fall River, MA. The relationship has been something that was in the making since the inception of the Dental Assisting Program in September of 1998. (4/8/21)
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‘Top notch’ work from Diman students on key piece of city infrastructure
A group of Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School students saw the fruits of their labors materialized in a dramatic way on Friday when a project they had worked on for a year -- replacing vital sluice gates that help control the flow of water from the Quequechan River -- became an integral part of the city’s infrastructure for decades to come. (7/10/20)
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Giving kids smiles
The Dental Assisting and Health Assisting shops hosted approximately 125 head start children in “Give Kids a Smile” during the month of February, honoring children’s dental health month. (2/14/20)
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Strong, Smart, and Bold
Diman students recently had the opportunity to enjoy a visit from Lyndsey Littlefield, the current Miss Massachusetts. She spoke to students in the Dental Assisting, Health Assisting, Medical Assisting, and Business Technology Shops. (1/9/20)
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Holiday cheer at Diman
Diman was thrilled to work with several local agencies to provide shoes and toys to children in need during this 2019 holiday season. (12/16/19)
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Diman shops give kids a smile
The Dental Assisting and Health Careers programs hosted the local Head Start program during Children's Dental Health Month. (2/13/19)
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"Operation Chrismas" yields nearly 300 toys
Students and staff from Dental Assisting and Culinary Arts teamed together to keep up the tradition of the Annual Toy Drive which was started many years ago by Mrs. Maria Torres. Close to 300 toys will be donated to “Operation Christmas”, the annual toy giveaway at Citizens for Citizens, who have about 4,000 people signed up to receive toys, all of whom signed up in advance. Culinary Arts department donated the profits from the annual gingerbread house event to Diman’s Key Club, who donated the proceeds back to the toy drive. Culinary Arts department also held a raffle in Room 251. The Dental Assisting program have been collecting toys in the shop and faculty members have been very generous. (12/14/18)
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Diman students collect 1,000 toys for donation to Citizens for Citizens
The annual toy giveaway at Citizens for Citizens is a big deal, and not just because it’s a display of the Christmas spirit. (12/18/17)
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Diman dental double donations
The generosity of Diman’s Dental Assisting program is well-known, so it should come as no surprise that they started the current school year with two charitable events in the first month. First, students and staff lent a hand in the annual Dentistry from the Heart program in Seekonk, then another group of students and staff participated in the Health First Second Annual 3-mile Walkathon. (10/3/16)
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As Diman staff look back on '88 expansion, they look forward to further growth
FALL RIVER - In the 1980s, Diman was a school bursting at the seams with programs, with machines, with disciplines struggling for space. (5/24/2012)
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Diman Dental (is) Assisting the world’s poor
Diman’s Dental Assisting program is at it again. Just six months after raising $750 to provide cleft lip surgery for three children in the third world, the department has donated 294 toothbrushes and 93 tubes of toothpaste to be sent to Honduras. (4/14/16)
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Swansea student to sing for SkillsUSA
Diman is thrilled to announce that junior Dental Assisting student Brittney Batista has been chosen as the winner of the National Anthem Contest for SkillsUSA. Brittney will sing the National Anthem at the 2016 State Leadership & Skills Conference on Saturday, April 30th in front of a live audience of over 5,000 and to thousands that will be watching the live streaming feed online. (4/8/16)
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Dental students glowing after radiation exam
Diman’s Dental Assisting students have dominated a national certification test once more. For the third year in a row, all 17 juniors have passed the Radiation Health and Safety Exam, the second of third steps for official Massachusetts Certification. (3/22/16)
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Diman Dental Assisting students ace the ICE
Students in Diman's Dental Assisting Program outpaced national test takers in the Dental Assistant National Board Infection Control Exam (ICE) in Warwick, RI. Diman sophomores achieved a 94% pass rate in the 90-minute exam that typically has a nationwide 72% pass rate for high school post-graduates. (3/21/2013)
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Diman Dental Assisting students shine again
Diman’s Dental Assisting students have excelled in a national certification test once more. This time, all 17 juniors have passed the Radiation Health and Safety Exam, the second of third steps for official Massachusetts Certification. (4/12/13)
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The season of giving at Diman
Charity and giving is a year-round event at Diman, but the holiday season brings out additional efforts. In 2015, Diman is helping to feed the hungry, clothe the needy, give toys to the young, and assist the afflicted. Together, these efforts continue decades of holiday giving at Diman. (12/23/2015)
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Diman students take the bite out of dentist visits for local children
A trip to the dentist won't be a frightening or painful experience for many youngsters participating in Citizens for Citizens' Head Start, thanks to the compassion of students enrolled in the Dental Assisting Program at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School. (3/14/2014)
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Diman Dental Assisting students perfect on second national exam
One month after Diman’s Dental Assisting sophomores aced the ICE (Infection Control Exam), our juniors echoed the sophomores’ 100% pass rate when they all passed the Radiation Health and Safety Exam. The tests are the first two of three exams needed for certification as a dental assistant. (4/3/2014)
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