Retired Dentists Program
This program, funded by the Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation and DentaQuest, began in 2013 as a way for dentists who are no longer receiving an income from dentistry to “give back” to the profession and their community by providing free dental care for persons who have difficulty accessing dental care. In return for reimbursement of fees for licenses, professional liability insurance, and continuing education expenses, the dentist must provide at least 100 hours per year or approximately one day per month of free care to the underserved.
In 2024, nine dentists provided an estimated $400,146 worth of free dentistry in 889 hours of volunteer dentistry. The cost of this program in 2024 was $452. Since its inception, a total of 22 volunteer dentists have volunteered 5,991 hours providing free dentistry valued at $3.72 million.
Dedicated to Minnesota Dentists (DMD) Loan Repayment for Service Program
This program, in collaboration with Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation, was announced in September 2014 as an educational loan repayment for service program to attract new dentists to rural dental Health Professions Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in Minnesota. Each successful recipient received up to $200,000 to repay qualified educational loans. All funds have been distributed.
Since the inception of the program, ten new dentists are practicing in Bigfork, Cook, Deerwood, Ely, International Falls, Montevideo, Mora, Tyler, Walker and Warroad. 2024 MINNESOTA MISSION OF
• 924 patient encounters
• 6,472 dental procedures
• $1,155,820 in free care
• 592 compassionate volunteers
VOLUNTEER LABORATORIES
3M ESPE
Academy Dental Laboratory
Advanced Dental Lab
Artistic Dental Studio
Astra Tech
Aurora Dental Lab
Bertram Dental Lab
Burbank Dental Laboratory
Casa Dental Arts, Inc.
Chopper’s Dental Services
Colbert Dental Lab, Inc.
Cold Spring Dental Arts LLC
Confident Dental Laboratory
Crest Dental Lab
Custom Crown Craft
Certified Dental Lab
DDS Lab, LLC
Dental Prosthetic Services, Inc.
Dexterity Dental Arts
Dimension Dental Design
Five Lakes Dental Studio
Forest Lake Dental Lab
Granite City Dental Laboratory, Inc.
Grove Dental Ceramics
Harrison Dental Studio
Hermanson - Lemke Dental Laboratory
Highland Dental Laboratory
Hopkins Dental Laboratory, Inc.
Ideal Dental Lab
Imgrund Dental Laboratory
Implant Direct
Innovative Dental Technologies
Intelligent Touch Dental Corp
International Dental Arts, Inc.
Ivoclar Vivadent
Jimenez Dental Lab
John Madden Prosthetics
Johnson Dental Lab
Kass Dental Laboratory
KDNA Life Sciences
Kuraray America, Inc.
L & G Orthodontic Lab
Lakeland Dental Technologies
Lakewood Orthodontics Laboratory
Larson Dental Laboratory
Lotus Dental Services
Mankato Dental Laboratory
Maplewood Dental Lab, Inc.
Maverick Dental Laboratories
Mayclin Dental Studio, Inc.
Millenium Dental Lab, Inc.
Minnesota Dental Lab
Mowrey Company - W.E. Mowrey
Myers Dental Lab
Natural Reflections
NDX Thoele Dental Laboratory
NDX Twin Cities Laboratories
Nobel Biocare
Northstar Dental Studio
Northstar Orthodontics, Inc.
Northwest Dental Laboratory
Olson Dental Ceramics, Inc
Osan Dental Laboratory
Perfection Dental Arts
Perio Protect
Platinum Dental Laboratory, Inc.
Precision Dental Laboratories, Inc.
Premier Dental Lab
Quadent Studio, Inc.
Renstrom Dental Studio, Inc.
Roman Dental Laboratory
Royal Crown Dental Studio
Southside Dental Lab
St. Cloud Dental Lab
Straumann USA, LLC
Swingen Dental Laboratory
Trachsel Dental Studio
University of Minnesota Pathology Laboratory
Udell Dental Laboratory
Valley Dental Arts
Westlund Dental Studio
Woodbury Dental Lab
Yamahachi Dental Products USA
Zest Dental Solutions
Zibell Dental Laboratories, Inc.
Zimvie
GIVE KIDS A SMILE PARTICIPATING DENTISTS
The following dentists participated in the Give Kids a Smile (GKAS) program in February 2024. We thank them, as well as their entire dental team, for the services they provided to children who have a difficult time accessing needed dental care.
Dr. Ross Anderson
Dr. Vasudha Banuru
Dr. Shakeyla Barber
Dr. Chase Baumgartner
Dr. Monique Baune
Dr. Rhett Berg
Dr. Pallavi Bhosale
Dr. Mark Boone
Dr. Joanna Bourain
Dr. Michael Brooks, Jr.
Dr. Callie Brost
Dr. Shari Bruning
Dr. Brian Burmeister
Dr. Jeffrey Campbell
Dr. Carson Cannon
Dr. Lisa Cepek
Dr. Brian Christenson
Dr. Alex Cisneros
Dr. Lissa Cisneros
Dr. Kara Conry
Dr. Adon Crook
Dr. Ernestine Dawa
Dr. Tyler Derouin
Dr. Sahar Edalatpour
Dr. Carol Ellens
Dr. Jonathan Fabian
Dr. Mindy Fenno
Dr. Diane Fish
Dr. Keith Flack
Dr. Sean Fleming
Dr. Michael Flynn
Dr. Anupam Gatecha
Dr. Krista Gossai
Dr. Julie Haman
Dr. Brooke Hamann
Dr. Michael Hamann
Dr. Chad Hanson
Dr. Mikkel Haugen
Dr. Lindsay Hegland
Dr. Azar Hemmaty
Dr. Paige Herzig
Dr. Peter Hinke
Dr. Shruti Jagannathan
Dr. Kirby Johnson
Dr. Jacob Jordan
Dr. Michael Joyce
Dr. Robert Kess
Dr. Heather Kivi
Dr. Logan Kludt Lawrence
Dr. Brett Knutson
Dr. Julie Konop
Dr. Kourtney Kuyper
Dr. Asha Lalla
Dr. Dominque Le
Dr. Kyley Lebens
Dr. Alexandra Leis
Dr. Kaitlyn Lunacek
Dr. Michelle Lund
Dr. Melissa Madison
Dr. Gary Madison
Dr. Sarah Magnuson
Dr. John Marker
Dr. Jennifer Marker Johnson
Dr. Erin Meyer
Dr. Jacob Meyer
Dr. Jennifer Mitchell
Dr. John Mittelsteadt
Dr. Hibaq Mohamed
Dr. Tevin Moreno
Dr. Sanket Nagarkar
Dr. Nicole Napier Johnson
Dr. Grant Nelson
Dr. Tiffany Nelson
Dr. Lam Nguyen
Dr. Tuyen Nguyen
Dr. Nicole Nothongkham
Dr. Sagal Nur
Dr. Vanessa Olson
Dr. Muna Omar
Dr. Eileen Patterson
Dr. Lincy Paul
Dr. Crystal Pelletier
Dr. Matt Peterson
Dr. Melissa Pierson
Dr. Jodi Pope
Dr. Jane Puntillo
Dr. Jagannathan Ramakrishnan
Dr. Zachary Reierson
Dr. Kordie Reinhold
Dr. Daniel Schafer
Dr. Angela Schuck
Dr. McLean Severson
Dr. Victoria Severson
Dr. Shelley Sidhu
Dr. Christina Simonette
Dr. Jana Sorenson
Dr. Kassendra Stalsberg
Dr. Matthew Stark
Dr. Jeffrey Steele
Dr. Christopher Stenzel
Dr. Nicholas Stokfisz
Dr. Tasha Strait
Dr. Osman Swedeh
Dr. Jeff Taylor
Dr. Paul Thai
Dr. Erin Topley
Dr. Joanna Tran
Dr. Gretchen Trosen
Dr. Gretchen Von Rueden
Dr. William Wagnild
Dr. Amber Walker
Dr. Nicholas Weinand
Dr. Abigail Wesley
Dr. Kristal Wilmes
Dr. Brooke Wing
Dr. John Woell
Dr. Elizabeth Woell Rhode
Dr. Stacey Wolken
Dr. Andy Wong
Dr. Monique Wood
Dr. Madison Worke
Dr. Matthew Worke
Dr. Jasmine Yesil
MINNESOTA MISSION OF MERCY
The following dentists participated in the Minnesota Mission of Mercy (MnMOM) program at the DECC in Duluth in June. We thank them as well as hundreds of other volunteers for providing free dental services.
Dr. Alejandro Aguirre
Dr. Michael Ahn
Dr. Haley Anderson
Dr. Simon Broccard
Dr. Paul Buck
Dr. Alicia Bullard
Dr. Brad Bullard
Dr. Cassie Bullard
Dr. Mary Ann Bunczak
Dr. Nicholas Bussa
Dr. Carrie Carlson
Dr. Olga Castro
Dr. Briana Chang
Dr. Annie Chen
Dr. Kara Conry
Dr. Christopher Coulter
Dr. Geetha Damodaran
Dr. Sally Darling
Dr. Robert Derr
Dr. Maddie Diehl
Dr. Katie Divine
Dr. Kathrynne Dryke
Dr. Laura Eng
Dr. Robert Eng
Dr. Doug Erickson
Dr. Roxanna Jean Esguerra
Dr. Marty Espe
Dr. Teresa Fong
Dr. Allison Forbes
Dr. Mona Gajera
Dr. Eric Grutzner
Dr. Julie Haman
Dr. Xu Han
Dr. David Haugen
Dr. Gary Hedin
Dr. Ben Heggestad
Dr. Shana Heisler
Dr. Alli Helget
Dr. Christine Hermanson
Dr. Susan Hjort
Dr. Jaimie Hoiland
Dr. Tim Holland
Dr. Norah Hoverson
Dr. Jae Sung Huh
Dr. Jeffrey Jaeger
Dr. Nathan Jarnot
Dr. Lee Jess
Dr. Leila Jindeel
Dr. Abby Johnson
Dr. Kirby Johnson
Dr. Ted Johnson
Dr. Jay Jones
Dr. Ernest Juean
Dr. Nellie Kim-Weroha
Dr. Levi Kinsey
Dr. Quentin Knutson
Dr. Robert Kochenderfer
Dr. Anna Kosch
Dr. Michael Kurkowski
Dr. Pwint Kyaw
Dr. Venetia Laganis
Dr. Ben Larson
Dr. Alan Law
Dr. Logan Lawrence
Dr. Tuanh Le
Dr. Ari Lederman
Dr. Michael Leonard
Dr. Judith Levin Marshall
Dr. Deborah Lien
Dr. Steven Yu Wen Lin
Dr. Kimberly Lindquist
Dr. Stephen Litton
Dr. Alexander Litzenberg
Dr. Esteban Lugo
Dr. Diana Lyu
Dr. Gary Madison
Dr. Melissa Madison
Dr. Rachel Malterud
Dr. Todd Marshall
Dr. Peter Mayer
Dr. Alice McCarthy
Dr. Brian McDonald
Dr. Merideth MeadorSchulte
Dr. Jill Merrill
Dr. John Mettler
Dr. Andrew Moffitt
Dr. Janae Momchilovich
Dr. Grant Nelson
Dr. Tiffany Nelson
Dr. Jessica Nguyen
Dr. Jim Nickman
Dr. John Noack
Dr. Cooper Osterling
Dr. Brandon Parrone
Dr. Eileen Patterson
Dr. Lincy Paul
Dr. Nathan Pedersen
Dr. Brandon Penaz
Dr. Glenn Perkins
Dr. Rosalie Perpich
Dr. Jacob Peterson
Dr. Paul Peterson
Dr. Kelly Plote
Dr. Erin Powers
Dr. Lee Prohofsky
Dr. Duncan Puffer
Dr. Asif Rahman
Dr. Michael Regan
Anderson
Dr. Jeff Remakel
Dr. Adam Ridgeway
Dr. James Rostvold
Dr. Kimberly Rostvold
Dr. Robert Rupprecht
Dr. Daniel Sampson
Dr. Chris Saylor
Dr. Herb Schulte
Dr. Nick Schulte
Dr. Norm Scott
Dr. Thomas Seidelmann
Dr. Nikunj Shah
Dr. Carly Sherod
Dr. Varun Singh
Dr. Heidi Smith
Dr. Jeffery Somrock
Dr. Heidi Spoelhof
Dr. Robert Springer
Dr. Chris Steele
Dr. Peggy Stepan
Dr. Cale Strait
Dr. Tasha Strait
Dr. Loren Taple
Dr. Martin Tettey
Dr. Steve Tomhave
Dr. Rob Vander Broek
Dr. Scott Varland
Dr. Ashley Verbick
Dr. Brett Voegele
Dr. John Vogl
Dr. Jamie Wade
Dr. Eric Wang
Dr. Douglas Williams
Dr. Gary Williams
Dr. Gerald Wimmer
Dr. Damian Winkelmann
Dr. Camille Zelen
