Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation invests $110,000 in Northern Dental Access clinic expansion
Northern Dental Access Center, a nonprofit community access dental clinic, will update and expand its Bemidji clinic with a $110,000 grant from Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation. Infrastructure updates at the clinic will improve the quality and efficiency of care provided for underserved populations. ...Up to 150 new jobs coming to Bemidji, Minnesota
BEMIDJI, Minn – Delta Dental of Minnesota is hosting a series of job fairs this summer to recruit new team members for its operations and technology center opening this fall in Bemidji. ...50,000 toothbrushes to families through Boys & Girls Clubs across Minnesota
Delta Dental of Minnesota donates more than 50,000 toothbrushes to families through Boys & Girls Clubs across Minnesota ...Loan Repayment for Service Program (DMD) brings dentists to ten rural Minnesota communities
Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation has selected University of Minnesota School of Dentistry graduates Lucy Corrin, D.D.S. and Kristal Wilmes, D.D.S. as the final recipients of the Dedicated to Minnesota Dentists Loan Repayment for Service program, which brings dentists to underserved rural Minnesota communities. Dr. Corrin is practicing in the City of Bigfork in Itasca County, while Dr. Wilmes is practicing in the City of Tyler in Lincoln County. ...Bemidji local Jeanne Edevold Larson awarded Ann K. Johnson Community Health Spirit Award
Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation is proud to announce a leadership award to Jeanne Edevold Larson in special recognition of her contributions to improving oral health in Minnesota. The award is in honor of Ann K. Johnson, former Executive Director of Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation, who died suddenly in 2013. ...Children’s Dental Services breaks ground on Northeast Minneapolis clinic expansion
Through the generous support of several donors including Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation, Children’s Dental Services (CDS) is expanding the Dr. John Williams Specialty Dental Center in Northeast Minneapolis. The project officially kicked off at a groundbreaking event yesterday. CDS provides oral health outreach, education, and preventive and restorative treatment to children and pregnant women regardless of family income or background. ...New Delta Dental of Minnesota white paper proposes a change in how dentists prescribe opioids
In a new white paper, Delta Dental of Minnesota suggests dentists can play their part in curbing the opioid epidemic with a new mindset around managing patient pain. Titled “Addressing the Opioid Crisis,” the co-authored piece by Eileen Crespo, MD, and Mary Johnson, DDS, of Delta Dental of Minnesota, offers practical suggestions for dentists. ...