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Spotlight on Dr. Frederic Barnett of Project HOME

Foundation for Endodontics’ & U.S. Endo Partners’ 2021 Domestic Access to Care Grantee   You don’t have to leave our own zip code to see the desperate need for our services. This initiative is changing lives. – Dr. Frederic Barnett  The Foundation’s first domestic outreach pilot program was launched in 2018 in North Philadelphia through partnerships…

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You might ask, “why the Foundation?”…..

I participated in outreach programs as a dental student and GPR resident, but I could not say I felt passion or purpose. There was no REACH committee, or a presence of the Foundation in my endodontic residency at Harvard. There were no opportunities to perform endodontic treatment in places like Jamaica or Project Home in…

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Foundation Names First Recipient of Dr. Anil Chandra Memorial Educator Grant

The Foundation for Endodontics announced Dr. Rebeca Weisleder-Urow, Clinical Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Endodontics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, as the inaugural recipient of its first named Full Time Educator Development Grant (FTEDG), which honors the late Dr. Anil Chandra of India who succumbed to COVID in 2021. The Chandra FTEDG…

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Why I Give

Increased Pledge Fabricio B. Teixeira, DDS, MS, PhD Professor & Head of Endodontics University of Iowa  Why did you choose to make a Benefactor level donation and then increase to the Founder level?  From my perspective as an educator, the Foundation gives educators so much. Everyone is struggling, and without the Foundation it would be really tough.…

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Wake Smiles Gives Wake County Something Big to Smile About

Spotlight on Dr. David WongFoundation for Endodontics’ & US Endo 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 it…

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