Posts Tagged ‘Funding’
Committee hopes to open community dental clinic
The Vernon Community Dental Access Committee hopes to open a new Dental Access Clinic in the near future. Committee members have been working hard to find a suitable location for a new clinic, after the previous clinic was closed in April last year. The Vernon Dental Access Clinic had been helping patients who were struggling […]
Study set to explore dental health problems in Appalachia
Researchers at West Virginia University have been offered funding from the National Institute of Health; the 2.8 million dollar grant will cover a research project, which will focus on oral health and oral diseases amongst children from the Appalachia region. In the past, a study indicated that children aged between three and six years old […]
University of Pennsylvania gets 17.3 million dollar inheritance gift
Staff at the University of Pennsylvania are recovering from the news that a former pupil has left a staggering 17.3 million dollars to the university’s dental department. The announcement was made yesterday and plans are being made for the future of the dental school. The extraordinary donation was made by alumnus, Louis Schoenleber Jr, a […]
Queensland university gets 5 million dollar boost
The James Cook University will receive more than 5 million dollars of funding for a brand new, state of the art facility, it has been confirmed. Health and Ageing Minister, Nicola Roxon visited the local area yesterday to announce the cash boost and discuss plans with experts and university representatives. Authorities from the university will […]
Irish dentists angered by budget cuts
A huge decrease in state funding will have serious implications for patients, according to representatives from the Irish Dental Association. The budget cuts will affect patients that use the medical card dental scheme, which is designed to offer reduced rate dental care. In 2009 the state offered 86 million Euros for the medical card scheme; […]
Waikato schools to miss out on new clinics
Four schools in the Waikato area will miss out on valuable funding programmes, it has been announced. The schools, including Bankwood, Melville, Te Awamutu and Silverdale Normal schools, will now miss out on the funding they were promised by the Waikato District Health Board last year. The money was going to be used to establish […]
New York dental scheme gets $5k
A New York State dental scheme has been awarded a $5000 grant to help children. Healthy Smiles, Happy Friends, which incorporates a number of Bassett’s School-Based Health Centers in Cooperstown, received the funding from New York State Dental Foundation. Bassett’s director Dr Chris Kjolhede said that the program was working to identify the risk of […]
Welsh access to NHS dentistry improves
The Patients Association found that access to dentistry in the country had substantially increased thanks to innovative improvements made by NHS management. In the past many people in Wales struggled to access NHS dentistry but changes made to the system have reduced the size of waiting lists considerably. Edwina Hart, health minister for Wales, claimed […]
New scheme to transform dental access
A new telemedicine project is set to revolutionize access to dentistry in California. Virtual Dental Home (VDH) has been pioneered of University of the Pacific’s Arthur A Dugoni School of Dentistry and hopes to help people accress the state. The program allow dentists to review patient’s dental records from a different location and then advise […]
Iowa uni dental dean gets award
A University of Iowa dean has been awarded a special prize for his public service to dentistry. Dean of the university’s College of Dentistry, Dr David C Johnsen has been given the Jack Hein Public Service Award 2010 by the American Association for Dental Research (AADR). Dr Johnsen will be given the award at special […]
