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WDA welcomes PEW Center on the States' review of children's dental health
WEST ALLIS, WIS., Feb. 23, 2010 – The Wisconsin Dental Association,
which represents 83 percent of the state’s licensed dentists, today
commended the PEW Center on the States for releasing its report card on
dental health policies for children and helping raise awareness of the
great need to do a better job for our nation’s low-income youngsters.
Wisconsin dentists donating $719,000 in care to 6,250 children for Give Kids A Smile®
WEST ALLIS, WIS., Feb. 2, 2010 – An estimated 350 Wisconsin dentists
will volunteer their time and skills, along with 934 dental team
members, dental, hygiene and assisting students, faculty and community
advocates, to donate more than $719,000 in oral health care and
education to 6,253 of the state’s low-income children this Friday, Feb.
5 and during upcoming weeks as part of the eighth annual Give Kids A
Smile® children’s dental access program.
New study shows sufficient dental work force through 2020 with maldistribution a persistent challenge
WEST ALLIS, WIS., Jan. 20, 2010 – State government officials and oral
health advocates will join Wisconsin Dental Association representatives
in the North Hearing Room of the State Capitol in Madison from 10 a.m.
to noon today to hear an overview of the “Supply and Demand for Dental
Services: Wisconsin 2010 – 2020” study results.
Presentation of Wisconsin Dental Work Force Study Results
Current status and projections for 2010 – 2020.
Chippewa Falls’ Dr. Kent Vandehaar elected state dental association president
WEST ALLIS, WIS., Nov. 16, 2009 – Dr. Kent Vandehaar, a general dentist
who lives and practices in Chippewa Falls, was sworn in as the 138th
president of the 2,900-member Wisconsin Dental Association on Nov. 14,
2009 during the organization’s annual House of Delegates at the Holiday
Inn in Stevens Point.
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