2015 dta foundation annual report

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Chair, DTA Foundation BoardVice President, Merchandise Marketing,

Henry Schein

A S B O A R D C H A I R of the Dental Trade Alliance

Foundation, I have the privilege of working with an

outstanding group of dental industry leaders to have a direct

impact on the oral and overall health of millions of Americans.

Your generous donations throughout the year fund

multiple $25,000 grants supporting innovative pilot projects around the country that

are designed to increase access to oral health care. Specifically, each has the potential

to effect real and lasting change in the fight to improve oral health, and ultimately

overall health, for all Americans.

Since its inception in 2002, your support has enabled the DTA Foundation to provide

more than $1.5 million in funding to over 70 unique oral health access projects. In 2012,

we created a dental student scholarship program designed to provide scholarships to

dental students who have demonstrated a strong commitment to community service.

You have helped us award $125,000 in total scholarship funding to 25 students since the

launch of this project.

The Foundation’s core purpose—“to broaden oral health care awareness and access

for those in need”—has led us to focus on oral health’s vital

connection to overall health. In fact, the DTA Foundation, in

conjunction with the Dental Trade Alliance, recently funded a

study focused on the impact of poor oral health on overall health.

We should all be proud of the accomplishments highlighted

in this 2015 Annual Report, while recognizing that much more is

still possible. Supporters, like you, are the most important part of

the DTA Foundation. None of this is possible without you.

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FOUNDATION IN ORAL HEALTH CARE, UNITING

THE DENTAL INDUSTRY TO LEVERAGE AND EXPAND RESOURCES THAT WILL

FUND UNIQUE AND PROMISING INITIATIVES —

ALL TOWARD ACHIEVING MEASURABLE, INNOVATIVE IMPACT AND FACILITATING

REAL CHANGE. THE INDUSTRY WILL RECOGNIZE

THE RESULTS OF THIS IMPORTANT WORK AND

NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED ACCESS TO

ORAL HEALTH CARE FOR THOSE IN NEED.

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Oral HealthWe are focused on oral health, access to care and its

connection to overall health.

StewardshipWe will manage our resources to drive innovation and stimulate creative projects in a sound and

fiscally responsible manner.

Enduring Positive ImpactWe will measure the results of our projects by their long-term impact on oral health care awareness and access for those in need.

A D C O U N C I L C A M P A I G N

DTA Foundation is a sponsoring partner in the Partnership for Healthy Mouths, Healthy Lives, a coalition of leading organizations in the field of oral health. The Partnership’s primary mission is to educate parents and caregivers, as well as children themselves, to take control of their own health through oral disease prevention.

T H E K I D S ’ H E A L T H Y M O U T H S A D C O U N C I L public-service campaign educates parents, children and caregivers about the importance of good oral care and aims to improve oral health literacy in children, especially those from lower income and minority populations. As of December 2015, Kids’ Healthy Mouths utilized $113 million in donated media, and the 2min2x.org website attracted 2.8 million sessions and more than 297,000 “Watch & Brush” video views. More than 50 percent of parents surveyed said they have heard of the Kids’ Healthy Mouths PSAs.

The PSAs use relatable humor to show how most parenting is hard to do in two minutes, but teaching children to brush their teeth for two minutes, twice a day, doesn’t have to be.

Seventy-five percent of children forget to brush their teeth. The 2min2x Text Challenge encourages parents and children by sending daily reminders and oral health tips.

DTA F O U N D AT I O N . O R G

The Toothsavers

mobile app for Apple

and Android devices

allows kids to rescue

fun characters from a

tooth-rotting curse and

transform into heroes

with help from their

toothbrushes. It has more

than 230,000 downloads.

National Brush Day is

observed the day after

Halloween, to create

awareness about the

importance of children’s

oral health and promote

good tooth-brushing

habits.

An in-school program

hosted through Scholastic

raises awareness about

oral health in pre-

kindergarten through

first grade classes in

participating Title 1

schools. The program has

reached 5.7 million families

and 190,000 teachers.

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Introducing Your Teeth!Support healthy teeth in your classroom with a CCSS-ready oral health unit that includes poetry, time measurement activities, and a hands-on science experiment at www.scholastic.com/2min2x.Mini-Lesson 1. Create a two-column chart. Explain: Your front teeth help you bite food into small pieces. Your back teeth mash food to make it easier to swallow. Record foods students like to eat on one side of the chart.

2. Have everyone say, “three teeth.” Ask: Did you notice how you used your teeth to say those words? Explain that some words depend on your teeth for pronunciation. Record words students use their teeth to say on the other side of the chart.

3. Draw an egg on the board. Explain: Eggs and teeth both have a hard outside and a soft inside. Just like the egg’s shell protects its soft inside, the hardness on the outside of the tooth protects the soft inside of your tooth. Ask: Did you know your teeth are soft inside?

4. Explain: To keep teeth healthy and strong, brush them for two minutes, twice a day. Send home the Family Fact Sheet at www.scholastic.com/2min2x and tell students to use a song or a two-minute video to time themselves brushing for two minutes.

Go to www.scholastic.com/2min2xfor oral health printables.

Hard and Soft: Parts of My TeethColor the hard parts of the tooth gray.

Color the soft parts of the tooth yellow.

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I N 2 0 1 5 , T H E D E N T A L T R A D E A L L I A N C E F O U N D A T I O N awarded ten $5,000 dental student scholarships. These scholarships recognize and provide financial support to third- or fourth-year dental students who have demonstrated: • academic excellence in dentistry, • financial need and • a commitment to community service. This program is supported in part by The Robert J. Sullivan Family Foundation, the Dr. Edward B. Shils Entrepreneurial Fund and Crown Seating.

DTA Foundation/Dr. Edward B. Shils

Entrepreneurial Fund/Crown Seating

Scholarship Winners

DTA Foundation/Robert J. Sullivan Family Foundation Scholarship Winners

Queenate Ibeto

Howard University School of Dentistry

Francisco Nieves

University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston

DTA Foundation

Scholarship

Winner

Joseph DePaloHarvard University School of

Dental Medicine

“When I read studies that

say ‘the U.S. spent a

record amount of money

on dental procedures in

the emergency room,’

I feel like it will be my

generation’s responsibility

to fix this problem.”

— F R A N C I S C O N I E V E S


“I WANT TO GO WHERE I AM

NEEDED, WHERE MY WORK

AND EFFORTS CAN MAKE A

DIFFERENCE, AND I BELIEVE

THAT THIS SCHOLARSHIP CAN

HELP ME DO JUST THAT.”

—Jasma’ Leah McDonald

John Morgan Buie

Loma Linda University School

of Dentistry

Tayla Cunningham

University of North Carolina

School of Dentistry

Pardeep Kaur

A.T. Still University

Missouri School of Dentistry and Oral

Health

Brian Lehigh

University of California Los

Angeles School of Dentistry

Jasma’ Leah McDonald

Meharry Medical College

Debra Peterson

Western University of

Health Sciences

Caroline Zeller

University of Missouri-Kansas

City School of Dentistry

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$195,150 AWARDED for 8 GRANTSDTA Foundation Grant Recipients

DTA Foundation/Dental Lifeline Network Grant Recipient

Butler UniversityEffects of Video Modeling to Improve Oral Health of those with I/DD

Foundation for Quality Care, Inc.Mouth Care Without A Battle: Improving Oral Health Care for Older Adults in NYS

University of Alabama, Birmingham School of DentistryInterprofessional Geriatric Oral Health Training for Medical Residents and Interns

PDS Serve FoundationSpecial Needs Patient Training for Dental Professionals, Staff and Caregivers

MORE HEALTH, Inc.Super Smiles, Super Bodies

Kids SmilesElectronic Oral Health Screening System (EOHSS)

New Jersey Department of HealthBedtime Bytes

Georgia Regents University, College of Dental MedicineC.O.P.E. (Comprehensive Oral Health Promotion & Education) with Cancer

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awarded just over $1.5 million in grant funding to 74 innovative projects since the inception of the grant program in 2002—each aimed at increasing access to oral health care. Past recipients have used DTA Foundation seed money for innovative programs designed to improve the access to and productivity of the oral health care system, leveraging in excess of $4.6 million in additional funding for these promising projects.

In order to apply for seed funding, programs must show they can:

• create innovative solutions in oral health care;

• launch a pilot project that leverages and expands resources to fund unique and promising initiatives and

• achieve measurable impact and facilitate real change in oral health care awareness and access.

For the third year, a grant jointly funded by the DTA Foundation and the Dental Lifeline Network provided support for one project designed to improve the oral health of medically-at-risk or special-needs patients.

ORAL HEALTH IMPACTS

BY RETHINKING THE MEDICAL CURRICULUM.

OVERALL HEALTHHOW DO YOU

BETTER INTEGRATE

DENTAL CARE INTO

THE PRACTICE OF

MEDICINE?

A S A P R O F E S S O R O F FA M I LY M E D I C I N E , Dr. Olapeju Simoyan has observed a telling reaction among medical students. When courses cover topics such as the examination of the eyes or ears, students embrace this material as part of the curriculum. Yet when oral health enters the conversation, attitudes change. “People question why they have to learn it,” she says. “They might ask, ‘Is this dental school?’

“Because dentistry and medicine have developed separately, people forget that the mouth is part of the body.”

Even today, throughout most of the country, the practices of dentistry and medicine run

on separate but parallel tracks. Patients seek out one or the other. Students pursuing a health care profession choose their education track accordingly.

Yet the body itself is holistic, an interconnected system of parts, and a growing collection of research proves that oral health is vitally connected to systemic health. Oral infections can spread to the rest of the body, particularly the brain, if left untreated. Among patients with cardiovascular disease or diabetes, for example, poor oral health can complicate their illness. In pregnant women, periodontal disease has been associated with preterm birth and low birth weight.

“Researchers have found several associations between oral and general health,” says Simoyan, who approaches medicine from an unconventional

background. While many dental or medical professionals excel by becoming specialists, Simoyan developed her career by becoming what might be called an informed generalist: Ten years after receiving her dental degree, she received a master’s in public health, completed a residency in dental public health, and later went on to train as a physician.

“All this training has placed me in a very unique situation that most dentists and doctors don’t have,” she says. “The combination enables me to have a big-picture perspective”—one she carried with her in 2009 to The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC), where she now serves as associate professor of family medicine and epidemiology.

When Simoyan arrived, the college had only recently opened its doors. Founded on the principles of community-based and patient-centered medicine, TCMC and its curriculum were innovative and responsive rather than entrenched in tradition.

When a well-timed email announcing DTA Foundation’s annual grants arrived, Simoyan decided to craft a proposal to adapt the curriculum to include oral health studies—topics that are customarily left out of medical programs or only superficially addressed.

With the $25,000 seed funding she was awarded in 2010, Simoyan

EVEN TODAY,

THROUGHOUT MOST

OF THE COUNTRY,

THE PRACTICES OF

DENTISTRY AND

MEDICINE RUN

ON SEPARATE BUT

PARALLEL TRACKS.

PATIENTS SEEK OUT

ONE OR THE OTHER.

STUDENTS PURSUING

A HEALTH CARE

PROFESSION CHOOSE

THEIR EDUCATION

TRACK ACCORDINGLY.

The body itself

is holistic, an

interconnected

system of parts,

and a growing

collection of

research proves

that oral health is

vitally connected

to systemic health.

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$137,418 2015 DTA Foundation Auction

2015 Donors

73%Returning Individual & Corporate Donors

17%First TimeCorporate Donors

10%First TimeIndividual Donors

2015Highlights

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designed a series of oral health lectures and workshops for TCMC’s first-year students. She invited oral surgeons to teach about dental-medical health connections and dental hygienists to lead hands-on demonstrations, such as the application of fluoride varnishes.

One oral surgeon, for example, taught how to examine the mouth and cheeks while doing a standard head and neck exam. In other workshops, students learned simple procedures to perform prior to referral to a dentist for more extensive work: applying fluoride varnishes (with materials also funded by the grant) and performing dental blocks, using local anesthesia to alleviate pain in lieu of potentially harmful prescriptions.

By hearing compelling, real-life cases, students also learn of the complications and even fatalities that occur because of untreated dental infections. “Sharing those stories helps drive home the message that oral health is important,” Simoyan says. “The examples let them see

the connections aren’t just imaginary.”To take advantage of existing

resources, Simoyan encouraged these guest speakers to use material from Smiles for Life, a free online curriculum created by a group of primary care physicians and dentists with similar goals as her own.

For TCMC graduate Cham Sante, M.D., one of Simoyan’s students, these lessons became concrete during her medical residency at an Albuquerque, New Mexico, hospital. “They are even more important and necessary than I thought at the time,” she says. “When you have a patient sitting in front of you, and you’re thinking back three or four years to the education you received because of this grant—that’s irreplaceable.”

For Sante, these “extremely under-taught” lessons are especially important for her work in emergency care, where she addresses the gamut of health concerns for an underserved population. “We see a lot of dental pain and dental abscesses,” she explains—“serious oral health issues that could be

SIMOYAN DECIDED

TO CRAFT A

PROPOSAL TO ADAPT

THE MEDICAL

CURRICULUM TO

INCLUDE ORAL

HEALTH STUDIES—

TOPICS THAT ARE

CUSTOMARILY LEFT

OUT OF MEDICAL

PROGRAMS OR ONLY

SUPERFICIALLY

ADDRESSED.

Oral surgeon Christopher Kotchick, D.M.D., assists medical student Tara Magge during an oral health workshop at The Commonwealth Medical College’s Scranton campus, one of its four Pennsylvania campuses.

avoided with primary preventive care. Without that care, we see them in a diseased state.”

This oral health training is obviously vital for physicians practicing at the other end of the spectrum too: in family practice, where doctors have the potential to address oral health concerns before they become advanced enough to warrant emergency room visits.

Before entering her residency, Sante also worked one summer at a medical clinic in Guatemala. With oral disease rampant due to nearly nonexistent preventive care, she gave fluoride varnish treatments to over 150

individuals. Her patients’ enthusiastic response to having their teeth cared for revealed yet another way oral health influences personal health. “They were over the moon. It really affected their self-esteem,” Sante says, “even if it wasn’t going to be a permanent fix. It was heart-warming.”

This experience solidified for Sante the importance of the oral health training. When she returned to TCMC, she offered to speak to younger medical students about its purpose as part of their studies, knowing the impact she’d have as a peer.

As Sante’s story illustrates, Dr. Olapeju Simoyan’s approach has the potential to bring about change where it is arguably most effective, in the lives of students—our future doctors. To date, six classes of TCMC students have been equipped to integrate oral care into their medical practices, which promises to bring much-needed attention to the power of whole-body health care.

BRINGING MUCH-NEEDED ATTENTION TO THE

POWER OF WHOLE-BODY HEALTH CARE,

THE TRAINING HAS EQUIPPED SIX CLASSES

OF STUDENTS TO INTEGRATE ORAL CARE INTO

THEIR MEDICAL PRACTICES.

This oral health

training is obviously

vital for physicians

practicing at the

other end of the

spectrum too: in

family practice, where

doctors have the

potential to address

oral health concerns

before they become

advanced enough to

warrant emergency

room visits.

2 0 0 2 - 2 0 1 4 G R A N T R E C I P I E N T S

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Virginia Oral Health Coalition Pediatric Oral Health Advocate Program

Children’s Dental Health Project Oral Health Preventive Services by Non-Dental Providers

Bassett Healthcare Network School-Based Health ProgramIntegration of Oral Health into a School-Based Health (SBH) Program

Oral Health America: Tooth Wisdom for PharmacistsHelping Older Adults With Oral Health

University of MarylandPassport to a Healthy Mouth for Me and My Baby

Indiana University School of Dentistry Veterans’ Employability: The Dental Connection

The University of New Haven Your Mouth Is the Gateway to Good Health

Dr. Angie’s Dental Health Exchange Phase II Piloting the Program

Virginia Dental Association Foundation Give Seniors a Smile: Preventive Dental Care in Long-Term Care Facilities Pilot (a DTA Foundation/Dental Lifeline Network funded grant)


University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine Improved Access to Oral Care Through Increased Oral Health Literacy

Pennsylvania Head Start Association The Pennsylvania Age One “Connect the Dots” Pilot Project

Southwest Health and Human Services 4-H: An Important Stakeholder Group in a Community Project

Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Books, Brushing, and Bedtime

Case Western Reserve University Oral Health Patient Navigation for Underserved Populations

Care Free Medical, Inc. Pay It Forward Dental Access Initiative

The Children’s Oral Health Institute Lessons In a Lunch Box Road Map: Guidelines to Introduce the Program in Public Schools

Howard University An Innovative Approach to Inter-Professional Oral Care for the Elderly (a DTA Foundation/Dental Lifeline Network funded grant)


Senior Mobile Dental Establishing the Effectiveness of Teledentistry and Collaborative Care

Kids Smiles, Inc. Oral Health Education for Underserved Children Using an Integrated Oral and Medical Care Model

Southern Jersey Family Medical Centers, Inc. Projects PEDs (Pediatricians Preventing Early Dental Diseases)

American Medical Directors Association Oral Health for Long-Term Care Residents Toolkit

Case Western Reserve University Hybrid Geriatric Dentistry Program

American Association of Public Health Dentistry Public Health Dentistry: Educating the Next Generation


Oral Health America Wisdom Tooth Project

American Academy of Pediatrics Provide training grants and oral health kits for AAP Chapter Oral Health Advocates.

Metropolitan State University Advanced Dental Therapists provide community-based care for underserved populations.

Children’s Dental Health Project Affordable Care Act Implementation Project

University of Maryland, College Park Oral Health Education for Pregnant Teens

University of Pittsburgh, Division of General Academic Pediatrics Caries-Risk Factor Assessment and Counseling by Pediatricians


California Dental Association Foundation Virtual Dental Home Through Teledentistry

Kids Smiles // Wider Smiles

The Forsyth Institute // ForsythKids


The Commonwealth Medical College Incorporate oral health into the medical school curriculum.

University of Kentucky, College of Dentistry Train Certified Nursing Assistants to provide daily oral hygiene for nursing home residents.


Children’s Dental Health Project Policy assistance to federal and state governments and child advocates to implement dental provisions in the federal Child Health Insurance Program.

Smiles for Success Free dental services for women in welfare-to-work programs.

Piedmont Virginia Dental Health Foundation Increase access to oral health care for needy adults through dental student programs.

TeamSmile Dental Outreach Free dental services for underserved children in the community by teaming up with dental and sports professionals.


Apple Tree Dental Provide dental services to seniors and frail elders living in long-term care settings.

University of Buffalo, School of Dental Medicine Provide social work services to patients in the pediatric dental clinic and their families to remove barriers to dental care and increase patient access and retention.

University of California, School of Dentistry Oral health promotion during pregnancy in a group prenatal care model.

University of Washington, School of Dentistry Provide an update on the status of oral health in America and changes that took place as a result of the 2000 Surgeon General’s report on oral health.


University of New York at Buffalo Study patients with diabetes mellitus to predict periodontal disease within this population and improve their access to oral health care.

Mississippi Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Provide tools to doctors to promote children’s oral health care from prenatal stages to preschool and beyond.

Maryland Children’s Oral Health Institute Lessons in a Lunch Box: Healthy Teeth Essentials & Facts About Snacks

University of Colorado Denver, School of Dental Medicine Public service advertising campaign to promote oral health care literacy and outreach to Hispanic communities in the greater Denver area.

2 0 0 2 — 2 0 0 6 G R A N T R E C I P I E N T S

Call, R. and Karshmer, B. // Examination of alternative forms of dental insurance on inhibiting access to care.

Deinard, A. // Survey of primary medical care providers to ascertain interest in providing basic preventative dental services and of school children’s parents to ascertain knowledge of oral health and prevention.

Domer, L. and Call, R. // Pilot study to determine barriers to implementing productivity enhancement strategies in dental practices.

Duffin, S. // An examination of current and potential roles for expanded, hybrid, and mid-level paraprofessional practitioners.

Henshaw, M. // Improve oral health literacy in Somali communities by designing culturally relevant consumer aids.

McClain, Mildred // Comparative outcomes assessment of curricula to develop improved instructional materials for dental students and practitioners.

Miranda, S. // Rollout of a bi-national model for the role of “Promotores” in accessing existing oral health services.

Niederman, R. // Planning for implementation of a primary prevention elementary school program.

Rossomonda, E. // Feasibility study of new technology on dental office productivity and access.

Oong, E. // Cultural materials for a media campaign focused on oral cancer and minority populations.

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DTA F O U N D AT I O N . O R G 2 0 1 5 D O N O R S

P L A T I N U M D O N O R S B R O N Z E D O N O R S

S I L V E R D O N O R S

$25,000 — $49,999 $2,500 — $4,999

$5,000 — $9,999

Long Island Community Foundation: Stanley & Marion Bergman

For better dentistry

G O L D D O N O R S $10,000 — $24,999

P A T R O N D O N O R S $1,000 — $2,499

F R I E N D D O N O R S < $1,000

American Dental SupplyAmerican Eagle Instruments

Essential Dental Systems, Inc.Fitzpatrick Management Resources

Hager WorldwideHandler Red Wing International Inc.

ITL DentalOraTech

Yates Motloid

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The 2015 DTA Foundation Auction was generously sponsored by:

3M ESPEACTEON North AmericaA-decAegis CommunicationsAmerican Dental AssociationAngelini, Tony Augins, Michael**

Aurum GroupBelmont PublicationsBenco DentalBerry, BillCalifornia Dental AssociationColtene WhaledentCottrell, Peggy Crown SeatingDC DentalDental CityDental Health Products, Inc.Dental Trade AllianceDental TribuneDentistry TodayDoyle, Laura Drake Precision Dental LaboratoryEastern Mountain SportsHenry Schein DentalHescock, AmandaHyatt Hotels & ResortsJ. MoritaJourney GroupKettenbach USAMassachusetts Dental SocietyMedical Distribution Solutions Inc. (MDSI)MedicomNDC, Inc.Oral Health AmericaPac-DentPalmero Health CarePatterson DentalPaulson, Lori*

PDT, Inc.PennWell PublishingPrice, Gary*

PSA, Inc.SciCanSunstar Americas, Inc.UBM AdvanstarVerasoni WorldwideWahl, ErikWashington RedskinsYankee Dental Congress

A U C T I O N D O N O R S I N D I V I D U A L D O N O R S

Diamond Donors $10,000Bergman, Stan & Marion (via Long Island Community Foundation)Savage, Bob & Abby**

Platinum Donors $5,000 — $9,999Breslawski, Jim & Debbie Parrish, Scott & Loni*

Gold Donors $2,500 — $4,999Clark, Chris**

Hinsch, Paul & Krista*

Saslow, Ron & EllenSerota, KenSteinberg, Gary & Deborah

Bronze Donors $500 — $1,249Burch, David*

Doyle, Laura & KenKent, Lorene***

Kess, SteveMiller, Alex*

Misiak, Dave & Trina**

Mondock, Paul & Marci**

Parker, Andrew Perkins, Dan**

Price, Gary & Lois*

Shirley, Eric & Staci**

Thomas, Kevin & Patti*

Waitsman, VickieWolfe, George***

Patron Donors $250 — $499Bucher, Jeff **

Cacciatore, Rick*

Davis, MarkGordon, Jeff Haberstumpf, TimothyLeviton, FredNorbe, Todd*

Paulson, Lori*

Powers, Dr. JohnScott, John***

Thomas, Daniel & Pamela*

Whitehead, Andy*

Winters, Bill & Monica

Friend Donors <$250Brutzer, ChristianFreedman, FredFriedman, DianaHescock, AmandaMele, RachelParrilli, Dan Pascual, PatricePeterson, Chris Truett, Beth

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS.

# G I V I N G T U E S D A Y D O N O R S

Matching funds were generously provided by:

American Dental SupplyBurch, David*

Crosstex International, Inc.Davis, MarkDental CityEssential Dental Systems, Inc.Freedman, FredFriedman, DianaHescock, Amandaids - integrated dental systemsPSA, Inc.Steinberg, Gary & DeborahStrategic Data Marketing, Inc.Whip Mix Corporation

*DTA Foundation Board Member**DTA Board Member***DTA Foundation & DTA Board Member

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$ 1 2 6 , 0 2 0

$ 8 4 , 5 9 9

$ 2 1 , 9 5 1

$ 1 7 , 74 5

Grants

Scholarships

Auction

Fundraising

General & Administrative

Community Relations

Special Oral Health Impact Project

37%

13%

8%

21%

14%

4%

3%

W $590,963

Ad Council Expenses

Ad Council Revenue

$ 5 8 4 , 5 0 5

$ 8 5 3 , 5 9 5

AD COUNCIL

* Cash basis, 2015 unaudited financials

SUPPORTERS, LIKE YOU, ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT

PART OF THE DTA FOUNDATION.

T H A N K Y O U

Paul HinschChair, DTA Foundation Board

SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2002, DTA FOUNDATION

HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION IN FUNDING TO OVER 70

ORAL HEALTH ACCESS PROJECTS.

NONE OF THIS IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU.

B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S

O F F I C E R S D I R E C T O R S - A T - L A R G E

Chairman

Paul Hinsch // Vice President,

Merchandise Marketing

Henry Schein

Vice Chairman

George Wolfe // President

DMG America, LLC

Treasurer *

John Scott // Chief Marketing Officer

Air Techniques

Immediate Past Chairman

Scott Parrish // President

A-dec, Inc.

Secretary/CEO

Gary W. Price // Chief Executive Officer

Dental Trade Alliance

Executive Director *

Laura Fleming Doyle // Executive Director

Dental Trade Alliance Foundation

Term to 2016

Rick Cacciatore, General Manager, Patterson Dental

Kevin Thomas, Managing Member, Elevate Oral Care

Daniel Thomas, President, W&H North America

Term to 2017

David Burch, Senior Vice President, Bank of America

Todd Norbe, President, Total Care/Orascoptic

Andrew Whitehead, Senior Vice President, Crosstex International

Alex Miller, President, Meisinger USA

Term to 2018

Rick Cohen, Managing Director, Benco Dental Company

Lorene Kent, President, Belmont Publications, Inc.

Steve R. Knight, President/CEO, Crown Seating, LLC*Not a director

PEARL

Dental Trade Alliance Foundation

4350 N. Fairfax Drive

Suite 220

Arlington, VA 22203

www.dtafoundation.org

2015 DTA Foundation Annual Report designed by Journey Group. Illustrations by Mikey Burton

2015 dta foundation annual report

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