Mission Statement

The specific objective and purposes of this Corporation shall be:

  1. To provide needed access to comprehensive dental and eye care to underserved children on Medicaid and ALL-KIDS insurance.
  2. To provide facilities, staffing and assist in the cost of the academic and clinical training of the University of Alabama senior dental students, pediatric dental residents and/or any specialty dental residents that the University indicates.
  3. To actively participate in primary clinical research regarding local and national pediatric dental issues.
  4. To provide oral health screenings for Alabama’s pre-school and school aged children.
  5. To provide dental education to Alabama’s pre-school and school aged children.
  6. To provide immediate dental treatment to any Alabama child that presents regardless of ability to pay.

  7. Secondarily, we will:
  8. Provide access to care for any non-English speaking person.
  9. Provide access to care to any person that presents to us with urgent needs that may be a patient of record of a non -Sarrell dentist, for palative care of needs and refer back to their primary dental provider.
  10. Provide pro bono selected dental services on a weekly basis for adults with no ability to pay.
  11. Provide funding to assist any 501(c) 3 federally qualified Alabama based free adult dental clinic as we deem appropriate.
6 out of 10 Alabama Children eligible for Medicaid Dental Benefits aren't using those resources