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April 28, 2024
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Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation is committed to Illinois dental schools and student excellence.
In 2006, Delta Dental of Illinois made a grant to Southern Illinois University (SIU), which will ensure the newly dedicated SIU School of Dental Medicine's Main Clinic is fully equipped to meet the needs of its patients. A prominent feature of the addition is a pediatric dentistry bay, which includes four operatories dedicated to pediatric dentistry. The Advanced Care Wing is named the Delta Dental of Illinois Advanced Care Wing.
In 2007, Delta Dental of Illinois made a grant to the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry's Department of Pediatric Dentistry to create the Delta Dental of Illinois Predoctoral Pediatric Dentistry Clinic at the College. The UIC Pediatric Clinic is the largest provider of dental services to children on Medicaid in Illinois; it has been expanded to include services for underserved children with special needs. The clinic has also launched a health promotion and disease prevention program, enrolling cavity-free infants and their mothers in an effort to help the children remain free of oral disease. The contribution will help the UIC Department of Pediatric Dentistry create a state-of-the-art pre-doctoral pediatric dentistry clinic.
Today, we offer Illinois dental students scholarships who exemplify professionalism in the management of providing patient care services and have committed to practice in Illinois.