Going the Distance to Give Back

National Dental Network's mission is to help raise the standard of care in dentistry by providing dental professionals throughout the world with the highest quality of training and education.

One way we fulfill our mission is by traveling the globe almost weekly to film instructional programs that feature world-class clinicians and content. Another way is by using our resources and expertise to help expand access to this vital level of training and education. In 2006, NDN set a goal to provide dental school students with free access to Internet-based, live-patient surgeries. The value of the educational grant based, on development and subscription costs over a 5-year period, is likely to exceed over $100M—one of the largest endowments ever from a private company.

Dentistry, including cosmetic, implant, full-mouth and other sub-specialties, is highly dependent upon exposure to a variety of cases as well as the observations of different clinicians, their individual approaches and their products of choice. This very fact makes it challenging for a fragmented industry, such as dentistry, which is why the opportunity to learn via NDN's acclaimed distance learning programs is so important.

By working together with the world's leading clinicians, teaching institutions and our many corporate partners, we are optimistic that National Dental Network can continue to make positive and lasting contributions to the industry, and ultimately, help to raise standards of care.

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