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UB Receives Grant to Expand Dental Care For Patients with Disabilities in Western New York THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL of Dental Medicine has received a nearly
UB dental van will be on the road again in Western New York bringing critical treatment to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
$735,000 grant from the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation to increase the delivery of critical dental treatment to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Western New York. It is also expected to aid in growing the oral healthcare workforce prepared to treat this population. The funding will help resume and expand a previous initiative between the School of Dental Medicine’s S-Miles to Go program and nonprofit Arc GLOW that provided dental care to patients with disabilities in the university’s mobile dental clinic. The grant will broaden services to reach nearly 2,000 individuals with disabilities served by Arc GLOW in Genesee, Livingston, Orleans and Wyoming counties. The services will be provided in a new mobile dental clinic that is expected to begin operation early this year. The clinic, operated by UB staff, faculty and students, will offer comprehensive oral healthcare, including preventive, restorative and surgi-
Mobile dental van is equipped to offer comprehensive oral healthcare.
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cal procedures. Care that cannot be provided in the mobile dental van will be delivered at the UB Dental clinic. z
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