Programs Overview

The DentaQuest Foundation is committed to improving the systems that promote optimal oral health. Through our philanthropic investments, we support initiatives at the national, state and local levels that are driving change. We are driven by a vision of a country in which everyone has the knowledge, support, and resources to attain optimal oral health. We are guided by a theory of change that informs the strategies we employ to achieve the outcomes that will move us toward realizing this vision.  Our investments are strategic and multi-layered and directed at the systems that provide and fund care, enhance public policy, and help communities build and navigate available resources.

Community Response Fund

Responding to the immediate needs of individuals and communities suffering from poor oral health as a result of a lack of access to care and prevention.

Community Water Fluoridation Initiative

Community water fluoridation has been the single most cost-effective means of preventing dental disease. Every $1 invested in fluoridation saves $38 in treating dental decay.

Funders Oral Health Policy Group

An increasing number of private foundations are emphasizing the importance of collective impact on oral health, creating new opportunities for systems change and better oral health.

Innovation Fund for Oral Health

Supporting Inventive Strategies to Promote Systems Change in Oral Health

National Community Committee Oral Health Initiative

Engaging public health partners to conduct prevention research and promote the practices proven to promote good health.

National Interprofessional Initiative on Oral Health (NIIOH)

Making sure oral health is an essential and routine dimension of comprehensive health care for all people.

Oral Health 2014

Launched in 2011, the DentaQuest Foundation’s multi-year Oral Health 2014 Initiative is building a national groundswell of activity on behalf of oral health for all.

President’s Fund

Supporting initiatives of strategic interest targeted at eliminating disparities and promoting health equity.

Strengthening the Oral Health Safety Net

A strong safety net system is vital to meet current and future demand for oral health prevention, education and treatment for underinsured and underserved children and adults.

U.S. National Oral Health Alliance

The platform where a diverse network of stakeholders come to forge common ground in order to harness opportunities and create solutions for improved oral health through prevention and treatment for vulnerable people.