Outreach
International Access to Care: Beyond Jamaica
The Foundation’s International Access to Care efforts began in earnest in 2016. There are two main goals for this program: 1) to provide the highest quality specialty care to vulnerable populations; and 2) to provide resident AAE members with an enriching clinical experience unlike any they have encountered. To date, the Foundation has sent teams…
Read MoreMeet the 2024 Domestic Access to Care Grant Awardees
The Foundation for Endodontics’ and Specialized Dental Partners’ Domestic Access to Care Program provides vital funding to ensure our nation’s most vulnerable populations can access tooth-saving endodontic treatment in a variety of clinical settings. The 2024 grant recipients will work to serve hundreds of low-income, uninsured, and unhoused individuals who have no other treatment options.…
Read MoreMeet the 2023 Domestic Access to Care Grant Awardees
The Foundation for Endodontics’ and Specialized Dental Partners’ Domestic Access to Care Program aids endodontic specialists in providing access to free endodontic care to underserved patients within the United States. The Foundation believes every endodontist has the capacity to make a significant difference and is proud to empower specialists to serve patients and spread goodwill. Florida…
Read MoreHow do you give back?
The Foundation salutes the tremendous spirit of giving and philanthropy in the endodontic community. We hope you’re inspired to take action by the following examples of your colleagues giving back to their communities…and if you already have, please tell us your story! Dr. Andrew D’Amelio (pictured with Dr. Francisco Nieves) began volunteering at Mercy Clinic…
Read MoreMeet the 2022 Domestic Access to Care Grant Awardees
The Foundation for Endodontics’ and Specialized Dental Partners’ Domestic Access to Care Program aids endodontic specialists in providing access to free endodontic care to underserved patients within the United States. The Foundation believes every endodontist has the capacity to make a significant difference and is proud to empower specialists to serve patients and spread goodwill. Union…
Read MoreWake Smiles Gives Wake County Something Big to Smile About
Spotlight on Dr. David Wong Foundation for Endodontics’ & Specialized Dental Partners’ 2021 Domestic Access to Care Grantee For 20 years, Wake Smiles has provided dental healthcare services to the thousands of people living below the poverty line in Wake County, NC. Dr. David Wong became involved as a volunteer in the clinic. “I felt…
Read More2021 Foundation & Specialized Dental Partners’ Domestic Access to Care Recipients
Meet the endodontists who are recipients of the the first grants for domestic access to care. In 2021, the Foundation for Endodontics launched a new funding opportunity, the Domestic Access to Care program, generously supported by Specialized Dental Partners. The Foundation and Specialized Dental Partners believe every endodontist has the capacity to make a significant…
Read MoreHelping Members Lend a Hand
The Foundation for Endodontics is now offering a new funding opportunity to support member-led access to care projects in their communities. Generously supported by U.S. Endo Partners over five years, funds from the Foundation can be used to cover the cost of endodontic equipment, supplies and other materials needed for local access to care projects.
Read MoreThe Foundation is Providing Access to Care Near and Far
In 2016, the Foundation set out to launch a program that would assist patients in underserved communities through endodontic care. Now, just three years later, that program has grown to include domestic and international sites that offer hands-on volunteer opportunities to AAE members.
Read MorePlanting, Nurturing and Tending the Garden of Outreach
A retrospective article on how the Foundation developed its endodontic outreach programs.
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