From April 2nd, 2018, to June 30th, 2018, Dental Lifeline Network (DLN) ran its annual fundraising campaign, Lifeline Heroes Challenge. Individuals of the dental industry – including dental practices – participated, for example, via customized fundraising webpages. Dentsply Sirona supported the campaign financially. “We are proud to continue our support of the Dental Lifeline Network by collaborating on the Lifeline Heroes Challenge. Together we raised an amazing 50,000 US dollars that will be used to support DLN’s important work to improve access to dental care and education for people who cannot afford care. DLN focuses its efforts on individuals with permanent disabilities, older adults, and those who are medically fragile, and they have been doing this great work since 1974. Dentsply Sirona thanks all of the generous donors who accepted our challenge grant and supported this important charitable organization,” said Gregory Sheehan, Group Vice President Growth Initiatives at Dentsply Sirona.

DLN enables dental care for everyone 

DLN’s Donated Dental Services (DDS) program relies on a network of about 15,000 volunteer dentists and 3,500 dental labs that provide donated dental treatments. This year’s Lifeline Heroes Challenge has generated nearly 450,000 US dollar in treatment, since DDS generates approximately 9 US dollars in care for every dollar raised. From its start in 1985, the DDS program has surpassed 365 million US dollars in donated dental therapies for over 119,000 people. “Thanks to participating ‘heroes,’ we can better support thousands of volunteer dentists and labs nationwide in their work to help people with special needs and address seriously-neglected problems,” said Fred Leviton, president and CEO of Dental Lifeline Network. “Through the power of individual donations leveraged by the gracious support of Dentsply Sirona, DLN is able to change more lives.”