American Dental Partners Foundation

American Dental Partners, Inc. (ADPI) created the American Dental Partners Foundation in 1999 as a tax-exempt, non-profit organization dedicated to improving oral health care through dental education and community outreach. The Foundation’s mission exists for the betterment of oral health care as a component of overall health: education, disease prevention and community patient care. The Foundation tackles such critical issues as the increasing cost of dental education, a growing shortage of faculty and declining opportunities for student clinical experiences as well as those affecting the provision of oral health care through the Institute for Oral Health Improvement.

The American Dental Partners Foundation will help address these issues by providing scholarships, funding continuing education programs and faculty positions and supporting externship and residency programs, as well as community outreach programs. American Dental Partners believes that investing in oral health care through dental education and the provision of community services will help ensure patients have access to excellent dental care now and in the future.

With the rising cost of dental education and its impact on student debt, scholarship support is more critical than ever before. The American Dental Partners Foundation graduate and pre-doctorate scholarships continue to have a positive influence on the future of our students as well as the dental profession.... [more]

William K. Lobb, DDS, MS, MPH, Marquette University

Scholarship support for our students is always a top priority and American Dental Partners and Carus Dental have made lives better for many of our students since our partnership began nearly 10 years ago.

Kenneth L. Kalkwarf, DDS, MS, University of Texas Health Science Center