HOW TO HELP There are several ways to help Howard Dental Center provide the level of care our patients need. It is through the generosity of our donors that we are able to help. CONTACT US Howard Dental Center is located in Denver near the Ogden Theatre. It is just south of the intersection of East Colfax Avenue and Ogden St. HOW MUCH DOES DENTISTRY COST? Here is a sampling of what your donation could go toward: Each day, Howard Dental Center is saving lives, •$50 provides a new patient exam with x-rays •$100 provides a filling •$250 provides a year of cleanings •$500 provides a root canal •$1,000 provides a new set of dentures one smile at a time. Join our efforts TODAY to provide quality, comprehensive oral health care to those affected by discrimination, poverty, and HIV and AIDS. TOOTH FAIRIES Join our sustaining gift club and support the programs of Howard Dental Center through a monthly gift. You can set up this donation by visiting ColoradoGives.org. ONE-TIME DONATIONS Donors looking to make a one-time impact can give a general donation by visiting our website or ColoradoGives.org. LEAVE YOUR LEGACY AT HDC Howard Dental Center is a participant in the Leave a Legacy program, an initiative that helps nonprofits like HDC promote Bequests, Gifts of Appreciated Stock and other Planned Gifts. If you are interested in leaving your mark forever to help provide quality comprehensive oral health care to those affected by HIV and AIDS, please visit our website or call our Executive Director, Ernie Duff at 303-863-0772. He will be happy to talk with you about how to Leave your Legacy. For more information, please contact us anytime at 303.863.0772 or visit HowardDental.org. Howard Dental Center 1420 Ogden Street Denver, Colorado 80218 303.863.0772 303.832.7823 FAX HowardDental.org CLINIC HOURS Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm Closed for Lunch 12 pm - 1 pm Find us on Facebook and Twitter. Sign up for our e-Newsletter at HowardDental.org. SAVING LIVES ONE SMILE AT A TIME HowardDental.org | 303.863.0772 SAVING LIVES ONE SMILE AT A TIME Celebrating our 20th Year! HowardDental.org | 303.863.0772 WHAT IS HDC? Howard Dental Center is an oral health care facility reaching a broad range of individuals including those living with HIV and AIDS. Our patient base is filled with individuals who have faced discrimination, poverty and/ or a lack of access to proper dental care. Our goal is to improve their oral health care. We are saving lives, one smile at a time. SAVING LIVES ONE SMILE AT A TIME oral health includes treatment planning, bringing each patient to optimum oral health and then helping them maintain that health. HDC IS UNIQUE With a focus on comprehensive care, we eliminated the “emergency-walk-in” treatment that our patients often faced and replaced it with a care model that offers WHY ORAL HEALTH CARE? patients the full range of oral health treatments. Our Dentistry saves lives. Yes, good oral highly professional and well-trained staff treats each health makes you look better, eat better patient as a whole person and frequently interacts and smile better, but there’s a more with the patient’s physicians in order to provide the important reason to pay most appropriate attention to your oral health: treatments. The HDC staff is great – excellent all around care. you’ll live longer! And, you can open up and talk to the staff about anything (including your goals and aspirations). The mouth is a critical part of the body. Comprehensive — Diane OUR MISSION The mission of Howard Dental Center is to provide comprehensive and integrated oral health care services to adults, youth and children living with HIV/AIDS. 10,500+ Dental Procedures Annually HOWARD DENTAL CENTER PROGRAMS Currently, Howard Dental Center provides clinical services to patients who are HIV+ through five programs: Fast Track: comprehensive oral health care services to people living with HIV/AIDS. Healthy Baby and Youth: collaborative project with Children’s Hospital Immunodeficiency Program to assist pregnant women and youth. Perioptions: periodontal screening and treatment planning for disease prevention and healing including On an annual basis, we perform more than 10,500 dental procedures and treat nearly 900 patients. For every dollar spent in expenses, we produce $1.13 worth of services. We have successfully created a model that provides the highest level of quality care with successful results. advanced surgical options through referral programs. We continue to build a network of dental specialists who support our work. SBIRT: From 2009 – 2011, we were funded through a federally supported health education entity for Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment. Patient Services: This program uses a patient-centered approach to assess needs, monitor and provide referrals to essential services in an effort to empower patients to become self-sufficient. Now in its fifth year, it has proven indispensable to achieving overall health and life outcomes for patients. We will continue to build on this effort to increase capacity through a new Integrated Care effort. This is a preventive effort to educate the patients about health risks associated with tobacco, alcohol, and substance use, which results in reduced healthcare costs and saving lives. The program proved to be so successful, that we have integrated it into our overall services. HOWARDDENTAL.ORG | 303.863.0772