With every enrollment in its Benco Select rewards program, the nation's largest independently owned dental distributor will donate to help end underrepresentation of Black, Native, Indigenous and LatinX communities in dental education. Through 2022, Benco Dental is giving back with every... CONTINUE READING
The Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission (ELIC) recognizes Benco Dental as one of four businesses whose private investments encourage quality care and early learning, as well as innovative and excellent supports for working families. Andrea Heberlein, Executive Director for the PA... CONTINUE READING
Stepping outside the familiar. Fine-tuning clinical skills. Placing the needs of others above their own. Student-run mission trips at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry provide these opportunities and countless other life-changing moments for energetic young professionals. Funding... CONTINUE READING
In many developing countries, children with cleft lips or palates are generally ostracized from society, unable to go to school or make friends. As adults, patients with the same issues have little chance of making a living.Fathers often leave the family, believing their child or their marriage,... CONTINUE READING
The Benco Family Foundation, the charitable division of the nation's largest independently owned dental distributor Benco Dental, collaborated this school year with the United Way of Wyoming Valley to support its Nurse's Pantry Program in Northeast Pennsylvania. Nurses in the Wilkes-Barre and... CONTINUE READING
Dr. Cameron Quayle couldn’t find a nonprofit group whose vision for dental missions aligned with his. So he started one himself. After completing his first humanitarian mission to Guatemala a decade ago, Dr. Quayle was startled by the deprivation he’d witnessed—and was determined to go... CONTINUE READING
Susan lives alone in Pennsylvania and enjoys spending time with her two grandchildren whenever she can. Unfortunately, Susan (shown above) suffers from several challenging health problems, including degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, scoliosis, joint swelling, chronic pain, and mental... CONTINUE READING
The Benco Family Foundation will donate PRO-SYS® toothbrushes to every Chicago Public School elementary student in celebration of National Children’s Dental Health Month as well as contribute an additional 40,000 toothbrushes to the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Dentistry... CONTINUE READING
There's still time to volunteer and share the word about an event in March that will support oral health for children in Massachusetts. Tufts University Dental School will host Give Kids a Smile Day on Saturday, March 23 between 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Children must be accompanied by a parent or legal... CONTINUE READING
Dentists make a difference in the lives of patients every day and Benco Dental is proud to support those efforts. Through the Benco Family Foundation, Benco also supports Dental Lifeline Network (DLN), a 100% dentist-driven volunteer organization serving people with disabilities, the elderly or... CONTINUE READING