Dental Aid's Dennis Lewis Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Dental Aid, Inc., a provider of affordable, high quality dental care and education to the low-income and uninsured residents of Colorado's Boulder and Broomfield counties, is pleased to announce its president and CEO, Dennis Lewis, has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Oral Health Colorado.
LAFAYETTE, Colo., Sept. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Dental Aid, Inc., a provider of affordable, high quality dental care and education to the low-income and uninsured residents of Colorado's Boulder and Broomfield counties, is pleased to announce its president and CEO, Dennis Lewis, has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Oral Health Colorado.
For nearly four decades, Dennis Lewis has been a champion for access to quality oral healthcare services and education for underserved communities in the greater Boulder area, and across the state. He has expanded the reach of Dental Aid to schools, behavioral health centers and other community-based locations to improve oral healthcare access to those with high needs. Additionally, he has helped develop and implement the Cavity Free at Three program which educates parents on healthy dental habits for toddlers. Lewis is also one of the champions of the SMILES Dental Project model, a virtual dental care model designed to support the needs of low-income adults and children in rural communities that wouldn't normally access services due to cost, transportation, cultural or language barriers.
About Dental Aid
Dental Aid provides compassionate, affordable, high quality dental care and education to low-income and uninsured residents of Colorado's Boulder and Broomfield counties. Its clinics are located in Boulder, Longmont and Louisville, CO.
The long term clinical focus of Dental Aid follows a chronic disease management model directed at prevention, education and treatment in the early stages of disease. In addition to direct clinical care, Dental Aid prioritizes education and outreach to high-risk patients including:
- Families and children of all ages
- Pregnant women
- People with chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and HIV/AIDS
- People with physical, mental or emotional disabilities
Dental Aid was one of the first stand-alone, nonprofit, complete-care dental clinics in the U.S. The organization was founded in 1974 as a referral organization and opened its first full-service clinic in 1980. Today, Dental Aid provides dental care to more than 8,000 children and adults annually. It provides services through three clinics (Boulder, Longmont and Louisville, CO) and a satellite clinic at the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless. In addition, portable dental equipment is used to bring dental care to the homebound or those living in long term care facilities. For more information, visit http://www.dentalaid.org.
SOURCE Dental Aid
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