Delta Dental companies invested more than $88 million in oral health charitable efforts this past year.
These donations supported prevention, treatment, oral health education, dental education, research, and more. As a result of this philanthropy, the lives of millions of adults and children were improved through programs such as Missions of Mercy, community water fluoridation, mobile dental units that visited schools, scholarships for dental students, school loan repayment programs that attract dentists to underserved areas, school sealant programs, Hispanic outreach programs, oral health research, and many more, according to the company.
All told, Delta Dental companies nationwide provided financial support for more than 500 organizations and charities in the past year.
