Success Stories

Community Partnership for Child Development Oral Health Program
Thanks to a comprehensive early intervention program, more expectant mothers, infants and young children in El Paso County are receiving important oral health services and education. Read about it.

The San Juan Kids Cavity Prevention Program
When kids in San Miguel, Ouray, and Montrose counties in Colorado needed cavity prevention, the Telluride Foundation was there. Read about it.

Mission of Mercy Changes Lives
The Colorado Dental Association creates a one of a kind program to provide over $600,000 in free dental care in Alamosa, Colorado. Read about it.

Eastern Plains Oral Health Initiative
Prevention of oral disease in children in three Eastern Colorado frontier counties has become a reality, thanks to a special partnership of health care and educational organizations. Read about it.

Volunteers Create Mountain Dental Clinic
When Dr. Bob Briggs retired from his private practice in Florida and moved to Summit County, Colorado in 2003, he thought he had left dentistry behind him. But when a friend who was involved in forming the Summit Dental Alliance called, his retirement plans changed. Read about it.

Southwest SmileMakers Program Finds a Home
SmileMakers, a program of the San Juan Basin Health Department, provides dental care for children from lower-income families. Read about it.

Eagle County Smiles
More than 225 children in Eagle County now have access to dental care they didn’t have before, thanks to a local collaborative effort called Eagle County Smiles. Read about it.

Denver Health Sealant Program
In 2006, The Denver Health Foundation was awarded a three year, $104,745 oral health grant from the Caring for Colorado Foundation to support the Denver Public Schools Dental Sealant Program. Read about it.