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An oral health program offered to pregnant women and children by Grand Beginnings got a big boost this year thanks to a $106,000 grant from the Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation.

Two Denver-based organizations serving people transitioning out of or experiencing homelessness are among two dozen that have received funds from the Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation to help close a health gap.

Marillac Health will soon be able to offer oral health care to many more Mesa County residents through a $59,000 grant from the Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation.

VALLEY — On Wednesday, Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation (DDCOF) announced that it will provide $3.4 million in funding over three years to 29 Colorado nonprofit organizations to support projects designed to advance oral health equity in local communities.

MMH Family Dental is open in the Family Practice of Holyoke, and patients started seeing the new hygienist, Arika Luedke, Oct. 24. Finding ways to provide dental services has long been a goal of Melissa Memorial Hospital. For a time, that was achieved through a dentist periodically working at MMH specialty clinics. The recent opening of the full-time dental clinic, however, was made possible by a $185,000 grant received from Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation earlier this year.

RANGELY — Eight scholars of Colorado Northwestern Community College’s dental hygiene program were among the first to benefit from a $1.5 million endowment made in 2017 by Delta Dental — the largest nonprofit dental benefits provider in the state.

With Halloween approaching and October being National Children’s Health Month, the Tooth Wizard and his antagonist, Plaque Man, stopped by Calhan Elementary School in Calhan on Wednesday for some tooth talk with 190 kindergarten through third-grade students.

The Land of Smiles program sponsored by Delta Dental visited La Junta Primary and Intermediate Schools on Wednesday. The program was hilarious, with the Tooth Wizard (product of University of Northern Colorado Drama Program) and Plaque Man (from Mesa College Drama Department).

Longfellow Elementary School students were transported to the “Land of Smiles” Tuesday along with “Tooth Wizard” and “Plaque Man” to learn about dental health.