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$735,000 grant from the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation to increase thedelivery of critical dental treatment to people with intellectual and developmentaldisabilities in Western New York. It is also expected to aid in growing the oral healthcareworkforce prepared to treat this population.

UB dental van will be on the road again in Western New York bringing critical treatment to people with intellectual and developmentaldisabilities.

The funding will help resume and expand a previous initiative between theSchool of Dental Medicine’s S-Miles to Go program and nonprofit Arc GLOW thatprovided dental care to patients with disabilities in the university’s mobile dentalclinic. The grant will broaden services to reach nearly 2,000 individuals with disabilitiesserved by Arc GLOW in Genesee, Livingston, Orleans and Wyoming counties.

Mobile dental van is equipped to offer comprehensive oral healthcare.

The services will be provided in a new mobile dental clinic that is expected tobegin operation early this year. The clinic, operated by UB staff, faculty and students,will offer comprehensive oral healthcare, including preventive, restorative and surgicalprocedures. Care that cannot be provided in the mobile dental van will be deliveredat the UB Dental clinic. z