EBLEN-KIMMEL DENTAL
Founded as an additional outreach of Eblen-Kimmel Medical, Eblen-Kimmel Dental reaches out to children and adults in need of dental care. Thanks to the vision of
Dr. Keith Black, Dr. Mark Knollman, and Dr. Dennis Campbell and in partnership with the Buncombe County Dental Society, the Buncombe County Health Department, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, Mission Hospitals, and the Buncombe County Dental Assistants and Hygienists, the Eblen-Kimmel Dental program has served thousands of children and adults in our community. Programs include the following:
The Children’s Dental Sealant Program: Another part of the Children’s Dental Assistance Program is the Children’s Dental Sealant Program, which is developed to provide free dental sealants to all third graders in need in the Buncombe County and Asheville City School Systems. The Children’s Dental Sealant Program has been honored with regional and national awards including the GlaxoSmithKline Child Health Recognition award and the national Linkages award.
Since its inception in the spring of 2000, this partnership has provided thousands of sealants to children in our community at no cost. By working together, the costs of these sealants to the Eblen/Eblen-Kimmel Charitable Group Charities have been reduced from around $50 a tooth to less than fifty cents a tooth.
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