3M ESPE Donation to NCOHF: America’s ToothFairy Benefits At-Risk Children

3M ESPE has donated dental products valued over $270,000 to National Children’s Oral Health Foundation: America’s ToothFairy® (NCOHF).
By: NCOHF: America's ToothFairy
 
June 4, 2012 - PRLog -- (Charlotte, June 4, 2012) – 3M ESPE has donated dental products valued over $270,000 to National Children’s Oral Health Foundation: America’s ToothFairy® (NCOHF).  The donation of restorative materials will help twenty-four (24) NCOHF Affiliate oral health programs meet the growing need for comprehensive care in their local communities.  The NCOHF Affiliate network consists of community-based nonprofit programs dedicated to providing the best educational, preventive and restorative services for underserved children in need of care.  

“3M ESPE is proud to support NCOHF: America’s ToothFairy in its efforts to provide quality dental care to the children of our most vulnerable populations,” said John Stefanick, Director of Industry & Professional Relations, 3M ESPE Dental Division.

“This generous donation from 3M ESPE will help NCOHF Affiliates provide vital oral health care and services to children suffering pain and embarrassment associated with dental disease,” stated Fern Ingber, MEd, NCOHF President and CEO. “Their steadfast support and dedication helps NCOHF ensure at-risk children have the building blocks they need for happy, healthy futures.”    

National Children’s Oral Health Foundation, known as America’s ToothFairy, was formed in 2006 in an aggressive response to eliminate pediatric dental disease by providing community programs with the comprehensive resources to deliver vital educational, preventive, and treatment services to children of the most vulnerable populations.   Through the generosity of supporters like 3M ESPE, NCOHF has delivered nearly $10 million in direct funding, donated dental products and educational resources to its non-profit Affiliate network and community programs throughout North America reaching millions of children with oral health services.

About 3M ESPE

3M ESPE manufactures and markets more than 2,000 products and services designed to help dental professionals improve their patients' oral health care. 3M Health Care, one of 3M's six major business segments, provides world-class innovative products and services to help health care professionals improve the practice and delivery of patient care in medical, oral care, drug delivery and health information markets. For more information on the complete 3M ESPE line of dental products visit the 3M ESPE Web site at www.3MESPE.com or call the 3M ESPE Technical Hotline at 1-800-634-2249. Products are available for purchase through authorized 3M ESPE distributors.

About National Children’s Oral Health Foundation: America’s ToothFairy®
National Children’s Oral Health Foundation: America’s ToothFairy (NCOHF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, dedicated to raising awareness of the #1 chronic childhood illness: pediatric dental disease, facilitating the delivery of comprehensive oral health services and eliminating this preventable disease from future generations. NCOHF: America’s ToothFairy draws on vast national resources to secure and distribute product and financial donations along with innovative preventive programs to a growing network of university and community-based dental clinics, health centers, mobile and outreach programs throughout America.  For more information about NCOHF: America’s ToothFairy, please visit www.AmericasToothFairy.org.
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