Dental Trade Alliance Foundation
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Dental Trade Alliance Foundation 2008 Grant Awards
were announced by
Chuck Cohen, DTAF Board Chairman and Kevin Thomas,
Chairman of the DTAF Program Committee.
Apple Tree Dental
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Apple Tree Dental is launching Apple Tree Dental Longevity Plan which will provide a specially tailored set of dental services to seniors and frail elders living in long-term care settings.
This program will increase access to oral healthcare for this group, a rapidly growing and underserved population.
The CARES Program
University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
Buffalo, New York
The CARES Program will provide social work services to patients in the pediatric dental clinic and their families, in order to remove barriers to dental care and increase patient access and retention. The program will engage in community outreach in traditionally marginalized communities to make families aware of the availability of services in the pediatric dental clinic, as well as to educate families about the need for regular and preventative dental care for children.
University of California, School of Dentistry
San Francisco, California
UCSF School of Dentistry will develop, implement and evaluate a train-the-trainers program
of non-dental prenatal care providers with the public health clinics system. They will be trained to incorporate oral health assessments, education and referrals into the prenatal appointments with the pregnant patients.
University of Washington School of Dentistry
Seattle, Washington
The central focus of this project is to provide an update on the status of the oral health of
America and changes that have taken place as a result of the 2000 Surgeon General’s
report on oral health. The resulting update will be presented by
Dr. David Satcher in a keynote to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The goal is to identify next steps in implementing solutions to the updated report on oral health.
DTAF Grant Leads to $10 Million in
Leveraged Funding to the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
The Dental Trade Alliance Foundation, recognized for its leadership in the Dental Industry,
announced its three-year partnership with the
Foundation of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) to launch the
Pediatric Dental Home by One campaign has leveraged a five-year,
$10 million contract to establish dental homes for one million children annually.
Read the entire press release.
DTAF 2007 $25,000 Grant Award Recipients
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Dr. Robert Genco's research at the University of New York at Buffalo, a two-year study of patients with diabetes mellitus, to predict periodontal disease within this population and develop protocols to improve access to oral health care that leveraged additional funding from Procter and Gamble. |
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Dr. Winifred Booker and the Maryland Children's Oral Health Institute to launch Lessons in a Lunch Box: Healthy Teeth Essentials & Facts About Snacks,
helping primary school children learn why good dental hygiene, dental visits, and smart choices in
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DTA Foundation Officers
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| Chuck Cohen, Chairman | Benco Dental | |
| Carolyn Van Eck, First Vice-Chair | GC America, Inc | |
| Ron Saslow, Second Vice-Chair | Hu-Friedy Manufacturing Company, Inc. | |
| Perry S. Lowe, Treasurer | Axis Dental | |
| James Breslawski, Past Chairman | Henry Schein, Inc. | |
| Gary Price, Secretary/Chief Executive Officer | Dental Trade Alliance | |
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Donation Pledge Form
The DTAF is a 501(c)(3) organization. All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
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Dental Trade Alliance Foundation Values | ||||
Collaborative
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Innovative
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Business-Minded
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Ethical
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Sustainable
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Dental Trade Alliance Foundation Vision
To be oral healthcare's premier foundation by supporting innovative initiatives
that directly improve access to care for millions of North Americans annually.
The Mississippi Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, to establish the Mississippi Oral Health Coalition,
giving tools to doctors to promote children's oral health care from prenatal stages to preschool and beyond.
Dr. Terry Batliner of the University of Colorado Denver School of Dental Medicine, in
collaboration with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Oral Health Initiative
and Entravision Communications, to produce Una Boca Saludable,
a public service advertising campaign to promote oral health care literacy and outreach to
Hispanic communities in the greater Denver area.
