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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.


Kevin Thomas speaks on this Dental Trade Alliance Foundation 2009 video. 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.




DTAF 2009 $25,000 Grant Award Recipients


Children's dental health project logo - Dental Trade Alliance Foundation grant winner. Children's Dental Health Project (CDHP)
Recent legislation has provided the underserved child populations of the US with a key opportunity to gain greater access to critically important oral health care. To fully take advantage of this opportunity, guidance needs to be delivered to federal and state administrations. CDHP will expand access to dental care for the 15 million children newly provided with comprehensive dental coverage in the federal Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP) by providing technical policy assistance to federal and state governments and child advocates as they work to implement CHIP's eight new dental provisions.


Smiles for Success - Dental Trade Alliance Foundation grant winner. Smiles for Success
Smiles for Success works to offer free dental services to women currently enrolled or graduated from a welfare-to-work program, which will allow them to become financially independent. The dental care offered is intended to boost self-esteem, and be a short-term solution for those who need a treatment that is unavailable to them through government programs or traditional insurance means as the women move from welfare to work.


Piedmont Virginia Dental Health Foundation - Dental Trade Alliance Foundation grant winner. Piedmont Virginia Dental Health Foundation
One of the keys to solving the access to care issue is to improve the productivity of the existing dental workforce model. This has been the focus of the Foundation's initiative with Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, training students to see 7-8 patients / day instead of the 2 that they're able to treat in the dental school environment. Grant goals include increasing capacity to rotate every senior dental student through this model, and to provide needed same-day crown services to our patient population, while exposing dental students to the most up-to-date technologies in the marketplace. It is hoped that this model can be utilized across the nation.


Team Smile - Dental Trade Alliance Foundation grant winner. TeamSmile Dental Outreach
TeamSmile Dental Outreach is a 501(c) non-profit organization that provides free dental services to underserved children in the community by teaming up with dental and sports professionals to provide a unique, one-of-a-kind experience. The children receive the dental treatment that they need while being supported by their local sports team and their marquee players. Local dental school students, dentists, hygienists, dental vendors, dental manufacturers, dental insurance companies and the rest of the dental community are involved. The TeamSmile concept has the potential for explosive growth, tremendous reach into the public sector, and marquee visibility for the DTA Foundation.



DTA Foundation - taking it to the next level brochure. 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.



2009 - 2010 DTA Foundation Officers and Directors


2009 - 2010 DTA Foundation Officers
Carolyn Van Eck, Chairman of the Board     GC America, Inc
Ron Saslow, Vice Chairman      Hu-Friedy Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Charles Cohen, Past Chairman      Benco Dental Company
Wayne Aho, Treasurer     A-dec, Inc.
Gary W. Price, Secretary/Chief Executive Officer     Dental Trade Alliance
Kevin Thomas, Executive Director      3M ESPE Division

2009 - 2010 DTA Foundation Directors
Tom Gallop     SS White Burs, Inc.
Paul Hinsch     Henry Schein Dental
Anne Eiting Klamar, MD       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.
Robert Savage     Drake Precision Dental Laboratory
Paul Seid     Sultan Healthcare, Inc.
Gary Steinberg      Crosstex International
Henk van Duijnhoven     Danaher Corporation
Vickie Waitsman    DentalEZ Group

Please click here for detailed contact information for the DTAF Officers and Directors.


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