Dental foundation provides toothbrush kits, $34,000 in funding to Lawrence organizations

Dr. Cheryl Biesterfeld, left, and dental assistant Kristin Parrish work on 11-year-old Ethan Bryan, Lawrence, at the Douglas County Dental Clinic on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2010. The clinic helps fill a need in the region by accepting Medicaid patients because so few dentists do. by Kevin Anderson

The Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation recently provided $34,600 to two Lawrence organizations.

Douglas County Dental Clinic received a $20,000 grant to purchase a new patient chair, light and dentist stool. It also helped purchase a second digital X-ray sensor. The additional equipment will allow the clinic, 316 Maine, to more effectively and efficiently deliver care to low-income patients.

Kansas Head Start Association, 932 Mass., received $14,600 to develop a business plan to sustain the Kansas Cavity Free Kids Program. It is working with the Kansas University Medical Center’s Department of Public Health.

Delta Dental of Kansas also provided 110,952 kits, valued at $59,000, to 27 Kansas organizations. The kits included toothpaste, a toothbrush and floss. Douglas County Dental Clinic received 1,080 of them.

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