Dental News - CareCredit continues support of American Dental Association Foundation for sixth consecutive year

Dental Tribune USA

Tue. 24 July 2012

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For the sixth consecutive year, CareCredit has continued its support as founding donor of the American Dental Association Foundation Give Kids A Smile Fund, with a $100,000 donation. The donation was made earlier this year in New York City, where the 10th Anniversary of Give Kids A Smile Day was celebrated by opening the NASDAQ market and touring Give Kids A Smile events at the New Jersey Dental School and Bergen Community College Hygiene Program.

The funding will help the ADA Foundation provide grants in support of Give Kids A Smile programs to help achieve GKAS objectives of raising awareness of the high level of oral disease suffered by children primarily in underserved areas and to enable volunteer dental teams to provide free dental care and education.

In 2011, CareCredit’s contribution was used by the ADA Foundation as continuity-of-care grants awarded to 11 non-profit organizations to:

Provide screening and preventive services during the annual Give Kids A Smile Day held in February.
Establish a liaison/case management system to ensure children cared for during the event receive necessary follow-up treatment and ongoing care.
Implement oral health awareness initiatives for the public and medical professionals on a community basis

Cindy Hearn, senior vice president of marketing for CareCredit and a member of the ADA Give Kids A Smile National Advisory Committee, said, “Research shows that poor oral health directly impacts a child on critical levels, including the child’s ability to eat, sleep and focus in the classroom. Each year, the grant recipients use the funds to greatly improve the lives of children in their communities, and we’re proud to have helped increase access to dental care through our support of the ADA Foundation and our involvement with the American Dental Association’s Give Kids A Smile program.” Gene Wurth, executive director, ADA Foundation, said, “The ADA Foundation greatly appreciates CareCredit’s continuing support of the Give Kids A Smile Fund, which we will use for grants to support programs that help achieve the GKAS program goal of cavity-free kids by 2020."

For more information or to donate, visit www.givekidsasmile.ada.org.

For 25 years, CareCredit has helped patients get needed and desired care. CareCredit is a health care credit card that can be used as a payment option for certain expenses not covered by insurance or to bridge payment when desired care exceeds insurance coverage, and it is accepted at more than 90,000 dental practices. For more information on CareCredit, visit www.carecredit.com or call (800) 300-3046.

(Source: CareCredit)

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