Dentistry has changed a lot in 30 years, from insurance and the growth of DSOs (dental service organizations) to the cost of education, which is hugely cumbersome to young dentists trying to buy a practice today. Many are going into nonprofit to try and get student loan debt paid down. We’re hoping this change in the entry point of dentistry will attract more people to this career who wouldn’t have considered it 10 years ago.
– Dr. Phillip Kemp
More about the work Dr. Kemp leads with Hope Smiles
- Quarterly outreach events deliver oral care to hundreds of people
- Two- or three-day clinics in partnership with many other types of health care organizations
- Private dental practitioners who volunteer their offices for a day and serve 10-15 people.
- Patients may pay on a sliding scale, incur more affordable fees or even nothing at all thanks to subsidies through the state partnership.
- Since the inception of Hope Smiles, Dr. Kemp's team has provided dental care for more than 31,000 people across the U.S., Haiti and Uganda totaling nearly $3,000,000 in treatment value.
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