768 Public Health in Dentistry with Dr. Kris Volcheck, DDS, MBA : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran

Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran · Jul 12, 2017 · 1h 15m

In late 1999, Dr. Kris Volcheck, CEO of Brighter Way Institute, started preparations for the state's only dental clinic for the homeless. This was a solution to the problem he had found while working at the Central Arizona Shelter Services for the devastating effects homelessness can have on an individual's oral health. Working in collaboration with the Arizona State Office of Oral Health and the Maricopa County Healthcare for the Homeless Clinic, the CASS Dental Clinic opened to its first patient on Jan 1, 2001. In the first year, 20 volunteer dentists, 15 hygienists, and 20 dental labs…