OHA’s 22nd Annual Gala & Benefit is right around the corner, featuring some great items in our auction. Those in attendance will have the chance to bid on four tickets to a Chicago Blackhawks game, a 2-night stay at the Loews Don CeSar in St. Petersburg, Florida, VIP participation at the OSAP Symposium in Atlanta, and much more! For more information about the gala, visit the gala webpage.

Every child deserves a healthy smile and Dr. Richard Meckstroth of West Virginia University, a Smiles Across America® partner, is working to ensure just that. When he heard the story of a 16-year-old girl in West Virginia who desperately needed a new smile, Dr. Meckstroth helped get the care she needed. Find out more about this story and the people and businesses who are making it possible.

OHA’s Wisdom Tooth Project® presented a $15,000 grant to the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine to support a series of Oral Medicine Clinics which will improve the oral health of low-income and vulnerable adults in the Buffalo, NY area. Read more about how OHA is helping this community in need.

Oral Health America is the honored recipient of a $25,000 grant from the Dental Trade Alliance Foundation in support of the Wisdom Tooth Project for older adults. The funding enables OHA to work with Dr. Ruth Goldblatt, a geriatric dentist and clinical associate professor at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine, to identify resources and opportunities at the local level to assist those advising an older adult about oral health care. Learn more about the Foundation grant and how this project intersects with our plans for an oral health web portal for care advisors.

Oral Health America recently welcomed the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas into the Smiles Across America® family. Read more about our new grantee and how they are bringing dental services to students in Crawford and Cherokee Counties.

OHA welcomes CHS Healthcare of Collier County, FL, into the Smiles Across America® program family with a $20,000 grant made possible by the Patterson Foundation and Plackers®, a leading brand of consumer oral care products. Read more about our newest SAA grantee.