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Dental Trade Alliance Foundation (DTAF)
Our mission is to improve the access to,
and productvity of, the oral healthcare system by identifying, nurturing, and
leveraging promising projects. |
The Dental Trade Alliance Foundation Marketing Committee has been active early this year,
summarizing our accomplishments
and establishing our key talking points and messages.
We invite you to click here to view our first update for 2009, hosted on YouTube.
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The 2008/2009 Dental Trade Alliance Foundation
Board of Directors
held its December Meeting on the exhibit hall floor at the
Greater New York Dental Show on Monday, December 1st.
The Board welcomed the new Executive Director of the Foundation,
Kevin Thomas.
From left to right:
James Breslawski, Perry Lowe, Chuck Cohen, Carolyn Van Eck and
Kevin Thomas.
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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.
Has your company given to the Dental Trade Alliance Foundation Sustaining Donor Program?
Are you looking to make a difference?
We invite you to view our 6-page PDF brochure
entitled "Taking it to the Next Level"
to learn more.
When you or your company are ready to make a tax-deductible
contribution to the Dental Trade Alliance Foundation,
please use our
1-page PDF DTAF Donation Pledge Form.
The DTA Foundation's website is www.dtafoundation.org.
| OFFICERS |
| Chuck Cohen, Chairman |
| Benco Dental |
| Carolyn Van Eck, First Vice-Chair |
| GC America, Inc |
| Ron Saslow, Hu-Friedy Manufacturing Company, Inc. |
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3M ESPE |
| Perry S. Lowe, Treasurer |
| Axis Dental |
| James Breslawski, Past Chairman |
| Henry Schein, Inc. |
| Gary Price, Secretary/Chief Executive Officer |
| Dental Trade Alliance |
| DIRECTORS |
| Tom Gallop | SS White Burs, Inc. |
| Bob Joyce | Danaher Corporation |
| Al King | Preventech |
| Dr. Anne Eiting Klamar | Midmark Corporation |
| Steven R. Knight | Crown Seating, LLC |
| Michael J. Lynam | Porter Instrument Division |
| Alex Miller | Meisinger USA |
| Dave Misiak | Patterson Dental |
| Jim Mosch | DENTSPLY International |
| Scott Parrish | A-dec, Inc. |
| Gary Steinberg | Crosstex International |
| Vickie Waitsman | DentalEZ Group |
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Dental Trade Alliance Foundation 