Northeast Delta Dental

The 14th Annual Dr. Thurston J. Carpenter Memorial Golf Tournament was held on September 19, 2011, to benefit the Northeast Delta Dental Foundation, which awards grants to oral health programs in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

Evidence-based dentistry offers a promising new direction for the future of dentistry and dental benefits. Dentists and dental benefits carriers are now beginning to see its real applications in daily practice and benefit plan design.

Ten years after Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General, some things have gotten better for children, somethings have gotten worse. Nearly 70 percent of community water systems are fluoridated compared to 65 percent in 2000; the percentage of children benefiting from sealants appears to have increased; more dental clinics are available through Community Health Centers; and, thanks to Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP), and health care reform, access to dental coverage for children will be nearly universal by the year 2014.