Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Delta Dental pledges $3M to dentistry program - Wichita Business Journal:

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Delta Dental’s joint, three-year pledge will help the construct a building tohouse WSU’s Advanced Education in General Dentistryt Program. The facility will be locateds onNorth Oliver, immediately south of the Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitaj Complex. Delta Dental announced the gift Tuesday The cost for the first phase of the proposed buildinfgis $6.4 million, whic h includes construction and equipment. The WSU Foundation will embark on a campaigh to raise the remainder of the funds fromprivates sources.
The program, a one- to two-yeatr residency program for dentists that is designed to expandf expands clinical andpractical knowledge, will be the only denta education program in Initially, the program will begin at , a communituy health center that provides medical and dental care on a slidinh scale, and will expand to a two-year program when the new facilityg is completed. Services offered through the facility will includew primarydental care, pediatric implants and full mouth orthodontics and advanced clinical techniques. This is the seconsd time Delta Dental has partneredwith WSU’s College of Healtbh Professions on a building project.
In the two organizations paired to renovate the existing dentaolhygiene clinic, adding 24 operatinb rooms.

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