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Dental Trade Alliance Foundation (DTAF)
Our goal is to fund and leverage promising initiatives that will
make the practice of dentistry more productive, improve access to
oral healthcare and grow the dental marketplace. |
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.
Dental Trade Alliance Foundation Expands Network of Smiles with Second Annual GKAS Promising Practices Symposium
ARLINGTON, VA: JULY 8, 2008 The Dental Trade Alliance Foundation (DTAF),
recognized for its leadership in funding initiatives improving access to oral health care and education,
announces the second in a series of successful events promoting the reach of the
American Dental Association Foundation's Give Kids A Smile © campaign.
The 2008 GKAS Promising Practices Symposium, a DTAF sponsored event,
was hosted at the ADA Headquarters in Chicago June 12-14, 2008.
Moderated by DTAF Board members Kevin Thomas (3M ESPE) and Tom Gallop (SS White), the 2008 symposium
provided an interactive opportunity for organizers from communities large and small to
build a network of experiences and resources to increase the reach of their GKAS programs.
Gallop shares: "By bringing together representatives from the ADA and DTA Foundations with GKAS community organizers and participating dental professionals, we are creating a great collaborative model with far-reaching opportunities for advancing oral health awareness and access to care."
Other DTAF Board Members participating in the program were Mike Lynam, DTA Chairman (Porter Instrument); Carolyn Van Eck (GC America) and
Vickie Waitsman (DentalEZ).
Steven Kess (Henry Schein), Chair of the ADA Foundation’s GKAS National Advisory Board,
noted: "The ADA Give Kids A Smile Program is very fortunate to have the ongoing support of many members of the dental industry, and is especially proud of our relationship with the DTA Foundation as co-sponsor of our annual Promising Practices Symposium."
Dr. Kathy Roth, ADA Past President and one of many ADA Trustees in attendance, remarked:
"The challenge to make this year's event bigger, better and more dynamic was taken very seriously. The program was filled with dynamic presentations and enthusiastic interaction between attendees and presenters throughout the symposium."
DTA Foundation support for GKAS continues in 2009 with an additional $25,000 contribution to the
ADA Foundation that will be presented during the DTA’s 2008 Annual Meeting in Carlsbad, CA, July 22-25, 2008.
Click here to see the full program agenda.
The Dental Trade Alliance Foundation launched an ambitious fundraising program to double the endowment fund from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 by 2009.
See a 6-page PDF brochure entitled "Taking it to the Next Level " to learn all about
the foundation and achieving its goal.
Are you or your company interested in making a tax-deductible contribution to the Dental Trade Alliance Foundation?
Here's a 1-page PDF Pledge Form.
The DTA Foundation's own website is www.dtafoundation.org.
DTA Foundation Officers serving through 2008, from left to right, are
Kevin Thomas, Carolyn Van Eck, Jim Breslawski, Chuck Cohen, and Perry Lowe.
| Chuck Cohen, Chairman |
| Benco Dental |
| Carolyn Van Eck, First Vice-Chair |
| GC America |
| Kevin Thomas, Second Vice-Chair |
| 3M ESPE/Omni Pharmaceuticals |
| Perry S. Lowe, Treasurer |
| Axis Dental |
| Jim Breslawski, Past Chairman |
| Henry Schein |
| Gary Price, Secretary/Chief Executive Officer |
| Dental Trade Alliance |
Directors |
| Ruth Arbuckle | Carestream Health, Inc. |
| George Benson | Benson & Associates, Inc. |
| James P. Breslawski | Henry Schein, Inc. |
| Tom Gallop | SS White |
| Bob Joyce | Danaher Kavo/Gendex, NA |
| Al King | Preventech |
| Dr. Anne Eiting Klamar | Midmark Corporation |
| Michael J. Lynam | Porter Instrument Division |
| Jim Mosch | Dentsply International |
| Scott Parrish | A-dec, Inc. |
| Ron Saslow | Hu-Friedy Manufacturing Company, Inc. |
| Gary Steinberg | Crosstex International |
| Vickie Waitsman | DentalEZ Group |
| Steven R. Knight | Crown Seating, LLC |
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