Community Impact

Our impact

Oral health is a critical, yet often overlooked, component of overall health and wellness. That’s why, as the nation’s leading oral health philanthropist, Delta Dental works tirelessly to elevate the importance of oral and overall health in communities across the country.

Delta Dental invests in programs, research, and advocacy that expand access to oral health care, advance health equity, build resilient communities, and innovate for a healthier tomorrow.  

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Community impact

Our mission: your health

As the nation’s leading oral health philanthropist, Delta Dental cares deeply about elevating the importance of oral and overall health in communities across the country. Our work to expand access to oral health care, advance health equity, build resilient communities, and innovate for a healthier tomorrow charts a path toward a healthier and more equitable future.

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$108.9 million

invested in programs to expand access to care, advance health equity, build resilient communities, and innovate for a healthier tomorrow.

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20.4 million lives

impacted by our mission to advance the health and wellness of all those we serve and the communities where we live, work, and play.

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24,000 hours

volunteered by team members across the country, so that our communities remain strong, vibrant, and resilient.

 

Community spotlight

Delta Dental is proud of the numerous and varied oral health projects undertaken across our 39 companies. We regularly rotate community spotlights below and invite you to explore the work of Delta Dental in your state through the search function at the bottom of this page.

Supporting Oral Health Care and the Future of Dentistry

Delta Dental of the District of Columbia, in partnership with the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation, continued its long support of Howard University’s College of Dentistry, a top Historically Black College and University that has trained thousands of highly skilled dental professionals to serve their communities, focusing on underserved populations. Since 2012, the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation has contributed nearly $3.5 million to help support the University through various initiatives, scholarships, and the Senior Oral Health Partnership program. 

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Advancing Equitable Health Outcomes

The Delta Dental of Virginia Foundation is a founding partner of a school-based oral health initiative that supports equitable health outcomes by reducing barriers to care, such as transportation or navigating the demanding schedules of working parents. To date, 11 clinics have introduced oral health programs to 100 schools and 11 Head Start programs in Virginia. Participants receive training to build a program infrastructure supported by technical assistance to ensure the program meets the needs of the students and community, learn the capabilities of quality improvement tools, receive funding for infrastructure and equipment, and have a forum to discuss program successes and challenges.

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Advancing oral health education

The Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation partnered with Arizona PBS to launch “Have A Healthy Smile.” The oral health campaign included 12 events in low-income, rural Arizona communities to educate children and provide dental screenings and fluoride varnish treatments from local dentists. Three PSAs on oral hygiene run on local PBS stations, and a new website, healthysmilelearning.org, offers educators and parents oral health lessons, activities, experiments, and links to other curricula and programs at no cost.

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Our mission in action

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Advancing oral and overall health

In 2022, through our national network of companies, Delta Dental invested nearly $109 million in programs, research, and advocacy to elevate health and wellness in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. 

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