Improving Oral Health in Local Communities

Dentsply Sirona donated $7,000 AUD to the Wishing Tree Appeal by Australia and New Zealand team members.

Dentsply Sirona donated consumables and handpieces through the Leuven SMILE project, reaching 1,000 people in vulnerable families over the course of the project’s lifetime, as well as running 28 courses in 11 elementary schools in 2020, organizing webinars for dental students, and building a new website. The SMILE project also hosts a dental office where underserved people can receive dental treatments, for which Dentsply Sirona sponsors the consumables.

Dentsply Sirona raised funds with a crowdfunding campaign to donate 15,623 face masks to health professionals and volunteers.

Dentsply Sirona supported campaign activities for "Sorrir Muda Tudo", or "Smiles Change Everything", a campaign that aims to promote regular dental check-ups and demonstrate the connection between oral health and overall health. Activities included creating digital, traditional, and outdoor media campaigns, rolling out information materials and advertising, holding lectures for employees, and a series of exciting events within São Paulo.

1,000 patients treated over 10 days at the Nine Miles of Smiles mission in Polly Ground, Ewarton, St. Catherine, Jamaica.

Dentsply Sirona donated 500 items to two food banks: Food Bank Meguro and Mottainai Japan.

Dentsply Sirona donated 12 Midwest RDH Low Speed Hygienist Handpieces, two High Speed Handpieces, and several thousand prophy pastes to a Peruvian organization, enabling clinics to provide prophylactic treatments to hundreds of children to prevent tooth decay.

Dentsply Sirona Canada and the Build Your Smile Dental Foundation sent 19 volunteers to Uganda to undertake a mission over 8 days. In total, the team of volunteers extracted 811 teeth, fabricated 120 dentures, and provided 1,423 fluoride treatments to children.

Dentsply Sirona donated $11,000 to BrownGirl RDH – enough to cover all costs for one semester of a 3-semester dental hygiene degree at a community college.

Dentsply Sirona donated 190,000 masks to 10,500 dental offices during the pandemic, including 12,700 to Atrium Health.

Byte’s social impact program, ByteCares, partnered with Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) to support their annual pitch challenge for students. First-place winner Jose Rodriguez was awarded a grant of $12,000 from NFTE, and runners-up Charlize Leon and Avi Goel were awarded $4,000 each from NFTE to start their business ideas.