Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation (DDCOF) announced nearly $11 million in grants to more than 40 organizations working across the state to ensure all Coloradans have access to oral health care. The foundation awarded funds to organizations working within its three initiatives to address the root causes of oral health care inequity: prevention and preventive […]
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Oral Health Policy and Innovation Shine in a Year of Darkness
- Megan Wilson
- April 15, 2021
- Our Mission, Blog, Home Page, Dental Health, Foundation
In so many ways, the past year was filled with darkness, and public health dentistry was in the center of this darkness. With the exception of emergency care, dental fully shut down for a long period of time, followed by a very slow return to providing dental care. Dental offices were shuttered, staff furloughed, and patients […]

It’s OK to Ask for Help: Financial Resources for Your Family in Colorado
- Mirella Chavez
- December 15, 2020
- Blog, Home Page, Dental Health, Foundation
I’m incredibly passionate about health care equity, having been raised in and around disenfranchised communities for the better part of my life. I’m the seventh of eight kids in a family of mixed-status. My first language is Spanish, and the color of my skin is canela, cinnamon. As a teen mom, I tried to not be […]