Delta Dental donates $50K to America's ToothFairy

DrBicuspid.com staff writers
May 16, 2016

Delta Dental has donated $50,000 to America's ToothFairy: National Children's Oral Health Foundation for use in Texas schools.

The grant will provide community education kits to youth leaders and school nurses, and will also aid schools with oral health programming for children. In addition, a dental wellness educational video will be distributed to schools in the Dallas and Houston areas.

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