Oral Health America receives $50,000 from Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation for Tooth Wisdom®: Get Smart About Your Mouth

Oral Health America receives $50,000 from Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation for Tooth Wisdom®: Get Smart About Your Mouth

CHICAGO,

December 14 – Oral Health America (OHA) recently received a $50,000 grant

from Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation for Tooth Wisdom®: Get Smart About Your Mouth. 

With this funding, Oral Health America will continue to grow Tooth Wisdom®: Get Smart About Your Mouth

(TW:GSAYM), an oral health education workshop for community dwelling older

adults. This workshop empowers older adults with a knowledge and sense of

self-efficacy to care for their oral health. Delivered where older adults

naturally congregate, the workshop covers the basics of daily care, with

benefits going beyond a single day of health education, impacting the quality

of life for older adults.

Through this grant from Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation, OHA will expand

the training of the hygienists that lead the workshops with additional emphasis

on cultural competency, health education theory, oral health and older adults.

“With so many disparities in oral health for older adults, the need for

programming to increase health literacy and promote good oral health habits is

crucial,” said OHA President and CEO Beth Truett. “We are grateful for Delta

Dental of Minnesota Foundation’s generosity in continuing our Tooth Wisdom®

project.”

“Maintaining good oral health is crucial to the overall health of aging

adults,” said Joe Lally, Executive Director of Delta Dental of Minnesota

Foundation. “We are so excited to partner with Oral Health America in their

efforts to address the growing need for educational opportunities for older

adults. The more we can educate, the better we can prevent serious problems.”

Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation focuses on choosing grant recipients that

show innovative strategies to expand oral health access for Minnesota’s

underserved populations; demonstrate significant opportunity to promote and

expand preventive and education services; and show an ability to measure

results.

Learn more about Oral Health America by visiting oralhealthamerica.org or

call us at 312.836.9900.