An open house and ribbon cutting was held for a new and expanded Children’s Dental Clinic in Juneau on June 22.
First admitting patients the previous month, the office is maintained by SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium at its dental building in the capital’s downtown. The expansion has been in its planning stages since 2014 and was to its designers a logical next step in providing all children in the community.
Many of said patients are recipients of Denali Kid Care with access to dental care. With more space and more dentists, SEARHC can care for the oral health of more children in Juneau.
The previous children’s dental clinic SEARHC operated had been solely available for Alaska Native and American Indian patients. The pediatric program was opened to all community members in April 2015.
To meet the already growing needs of their existing patients, as well as the community as a whole, SEARHC added two new pediatric dentists and made the decision to open their children’s dental services to the entire community.
To finance this expansion, SEARHC applied for various grants and received several generous awards, including significant contributions from the Rasmuson Foundation; the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust; Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP; and the State of Alaska Division of Community and Regional Affairs.
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