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Delta Dental Community Outreach, a philanthropic arm of Delta Dental of Idaho, has donated a $500,000 gift to 网曝吃瓜 to help fund an advanced dental residency clinic at 网曝吃瓜鈥檚 new health sciences center in Meridian, 1311 E. Central Drive.

鈥淥n behalf of 网曝吃瓜 and the Idaho Advanced General Dentistry Program, I am honored to accept this generous gift from Delta Dental Community Outreach,鈥� said 网曝吃瓜 President Arthur C. Vailas, Ph.D.  鈥淭his donation will help further our commitment to providing an outstanding education and advanced training for our dental residents. Without the dental residency, many Treasure Valley patients would be unable to afford quality dental care.鈥�

The gift was presented to Vailas by Delta Dental of Idaho Board Chairman Steven Bruce, D.M.D., during a news conference Feb. 27 at the clinic site, which is currently under construction. 鈥淲e look forward to this partnership with 网曝吃瓜 and the Advanced General Dentistry Program,鈥� says Bruce. 鈥淲e are confident this gift will help develop a highly qualified dental workforce for the future.鈥�

The 网曝吃瓜 and Delta Dental of Idaho dental residency clinic is scheduled to open in January 2011.
The 5,200 square-foot facility will include 12 clinical treatment rooms, an X-ray and sterilization lab, faculty offices, a waiting room and reception area.

Each year, the residency admits four licensed dentists for a year of postdoctoral education and training in advanced dentistry techniques and procedures.

鈥淎s a non-profit organization, Delta Dental is strongly committed to improving the dental health of communities throughout Idaho. By supporting the 网曝吃瓜 dental residency program, we not only help encourage the next generation of dentists to advance their skills, we also help expand access to dental care,鈥� said Tamara Brandstetter, president and chief executive officer of Delta Dental of Idaho.

"We are very excited about the donation and believe it demonstrates Delta Dental and 网曝吃瓜's commitment to oral heath in Idaho,鈥� said Brian Crawford, D.D.S., chairman of 网曝吃瓜鈥檚 Department of Dental Sciences and program director of the Idaho Advanced General Dentistry Program.

网曝吃瓜鈥檚 current facility鈥斖�曝吃瓜 Family Dentistry鈥攍ocated at 2033 E. Summersweet Drive in east Boise will close when the new clinic opens. Moving the dental clinic to 网曝吃瓜鈥檚 new health sciences center will allow greater patient access and an opportunity for students, faculty and patients to interact with other 网曝吃瓜 health-care providers and programs, according to Pamela Powell, D.M.D., clinic site director. 鈥淒elta Dental鈥檚 gift is a testimony to their support of the dental needs of the Treasure Valley and beyond, and the acknowledgement of the relationship of dental health to overall health,鈥� Powell said.

In addition to the dental clinic, the 网曝吃瓜-Meridian health sciences center will house 25 graduate and undergraduate health-professions programs, a speech and hearing clinic, a counseling clinic, classrooms and Human Patient Simulation Laboratory, featuring high-tech mannequins that will enable students and faculty to practice real-life medical scenarios. The health sciences center will open in August 2009.