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2012
'Big Mouth' Exhibit Opening at Exploration Place
The Wichita Eagle
February 23, 2012
Open wide, the Big Mouth is in town. Exploration Place is bringing back its health exhibit and introducing the Big Mouth, a 7-foot tall, anatomically correct model of - yes, you guessed it - the human mouth.
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Around 1,200 come out for free KCK dental service event
The Kansas City Kansan
February 20, 2012
Patients began showing up at 8 p.m. Thursday for the 2012 Kansas Mission of Mercy Dental Project. A two-day clinic designed to provide urgent dental care by the Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation, this year's project was held at the site of Kansas City Kansas Community College's future Technical Education Center. More >
Plan aims to ease shortage of dentists in rural Kansas
Kansas Public Radio
February 3, 2012
Officials from the Kansas Dental Association hope that a new student-loan-repayment program will help ease the shortage of dentists in some rural parts of the state. More >
Organizations join forces to help attract new dentists to underserved areas of Kansas
The Republic
February 3, 2012
A group of dental associations hopes to attract dentists to underserved areas of Kansas with an offer to help young practitioners pay off their loans. More >
Kansas dental initiative announced
El Dorado Times
February 3, 2012
A group of dental associations hopes ot attract dentists to undeserved areas of Kansas with an offer to help young practitioners pay off their loans. The Kansas Dental Association and the Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation announced the loan repayment program Thursday. More >
College-loan program incentivizes dentists who work in rural areas
Wichita Business Journal
February 3, 2012
The Kansas Dental Association and Delta Dental of Kansas announced a plan Thursday to develop a college-loan repayment program that would reward dentists who agree to work in rural areas. More >
USD 112 receives grant to help students with dental health
FOX Kansas
February 2, 2012
The Central Plains school district has received a grant of more than $3,500. The grant is from the Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation. Each year the foundation provides grants to Kansas-based oral health programs. More >
Program to provide financial help for dentists in rural Kansas
KWCH
February 2, 2012
The Kansas Dental Association and the Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation unveil a new loan repayment program on Thursday. It will provide financial assistance to attract dentists to areas identified as under-served. More >
Aid may draw dentists to rural Kansas
The Topeka Capital-Journal
February 2, 2012
A Kansas dental association and insurance company Thursday revealed plans to develop a college-loan repayment program to place dentists in underserved rural areas of the state. More >
Kansas Dental Association to launch loan repayment program
Dr. Bicuspid
January 30, 2012
Kansas, like many other states with a significant rural population, faces challenges regarding access-to-care issues. But working in partnership with the Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation, the Kansas Dental Association has made great strides in better understanding the issues and is preparing to launch a loan repayment program that will target those areas that remain underserved. More >
2011
KAMU recognizes foundations for leadership in expanding access to dental care
Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved Press Release
September 26, 2011
The funders of an innovative public-private partnership that has expanded access to care to thousands of Kansans were recognized on September 16 as part of the annual conference of the Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved (KAMU) in Overland Park. More >
Sedgwick County distributes oral health kits
The Wichita Eagle
August, 10, 2011
The Sedgwick County Health Department will give out 24,000 oral health kits to children and adults thanks to a donation from the Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation. More >
Children raise $10,000 to help buy dental outreach van
The Wichita Eagle
August 9, 2011
GraceMed will soon be getting a second van for use in its dental outreach program, thanks to $10,000 raised by children at Westlink Christian Church. More >
Delta Dental, Ellis foundations award new dental scholarship
Wichita Business Journal
August 8, 2011
A Garden City resident who plans to attend Wichita State University this fall is the recipient of a new dental scholarship. Joanna Rodriguez will receive $8,000 over four years from a partnership between the Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation and the Ellis Foundation to provide scholarships to high school students planning to pursue dental careers. More >
New Life
Salina Journal
August 8, 2011
After 13 years of methamphetamine addiction, rehabilitation programs, halfway houses and prison, an unlikely program has changed Michelle Ellis' life. More >
Delta Dental distributes toothbrush kits
The Capital Journal
July 27, 2011
The Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation announced 110,952 toothbrush kits were donated to 27 organizations across the state to support oral health programs. More >
UMMAM gets new dental grant
Garden City Telegram
June 22, 2011
Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation has granted more than $19,800 to United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries to be used in the Dodge City dental clinic to fully equip a new chair. More >
Health care center gets grant
Salina Journal
June 20, 2011
The Salina Family Health Care Center has received a $16,937 grant from the Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation to address oral health problems. More >
Delta Dental Foundation awards $24K
Wichita Business Journal
June 20, 2011
The Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation has awarded three Wichita-area organizations nearly $24,000 in grants to help promote oral health programs.More >
Wichita organizations among winners of Delta Dental grant competition
Wichita Business Journal
May 2, 2011
Two Wichita organizations will receive $2,500 apiece from the Delta Dental of Kansas, Inc. Foundation to help fund health-related programs. More>
Grant Contest
Pittsburg Morning Sun
March 27, 2011
Delta Dental of Kansas is holding a contest, "The Champions Project: Voice Your Choice," which runs from now until April 29. More>
The Champions Project: Kansas organizations vying for your vote
Wichita Healthy Living Examiner
March 24, 2011
Delta Dental of Kansas and the Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation are sponsoring The Champions Project - a statewide contest that presents several Kansas health-oriented organizations with the chance to win $2,500 in grant money. More>
Wichita groups competing for Delta Dental grants
Wichita Business Journal
March 21, 2011
Three Wichita organizations are part of agroup of 10 Kansas entities vying for four $2,500 grants to help implement oral health programs. More>
2010
Dr. Jon Tilton KMOM Co-Founder Receives OHK Outstanding Community Leader Award
Kansas Dental Association
December 10, 2010
Delta Dental of Kansas' Dental Director, Jon W. Tilton, was honored by Oral Health Kansas in December 2010. More>
KDHE board receives $1.2M in grants
Fort Scott Tribune
September 14, 2010
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment's Bureau of Oral Health was recently awarded more than $1.2 million in federal grants for this year. More >
Leavenworth Foundation Receives Toothbrush Kits
Leavenworth Times
July 26, 2010
Each year, organizations across the state receive toothbrush kits from the Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation to support their oral health initiatives. More >
Dental Foundation Receives Grant
Topeka Capital Journal
July 1, 2010
A Topeka-based organization that coordinates donated dental care for elderly, disabled and medically at-risk patients has received a $6,000 grant to provide support for its efforts. More >
2009
Grant to Fund New Pediatric Care Center
Pittsburg Morning Sun
July 17, 2009
A local health agency is one of three clinics in Kansas that have been awarded grant funding for their oral health care programs. More >
2008
GraceMed Dental Care Gets Grant
The Wichita Eagle
July 24, 2008
GraceMed Health Clinic will get $520,000 to provide dental services to people with little or no access to care in counties around Wichita. More >
Strong Alliances, Strong Teeth
Hutchinson News
April 28, 2008
The Kansas Head Start Association is developing a statewide oral health program after being awarded two grants: $311,548 over five years from Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation and a two-year grant of $155,760 from the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund. More >
2007
Delta Dental Foundation Helped WSU Clinic Enter the 21st Century
Wichita Business Journal
November 30, 2007
A lot has changed in dentistry in 20 years. The problem at Wichita State University three years ago was that the campus' dental hygiene clinic, where the majority of the area's hygienists are trained, had failed to move beyond the 1980s. More >
2005
A New Facility, Funding at Wichita State Will Greatly Enhance Its Dental Hygiene Program
The Wichita Eagle
November 4, 2005
The renovated dental hygiene clinic at Wichita State University, which will host more students and treat even more patients, is ready to make its public debut. More >
2004
Gift Will Fuel WSU Dental Hygiene Clinic Upgrades
Wichita State University Foundation
June 18, 2004
A $1 million renovation and expansion project for Wichita State University's dental hygiene clinic and program has received a major mutual gift from the Delta Dental Plan of Kansas Foundation, in partnership with Preferred Health Systems. More >
Delta Dental, PHS Give $400K Grant to WSU
Wichita Business Journal
June 18, 2004
Wichita State University's dental hygiene clinic and program received a big grant Friday to help out its $1 million renovation and expansion project. More >