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Virginia
Brown (center) and her son, Tom Brown
(wearing a tie), met some of the young
people who have received free orthodontic treatment
through the program she established
at the UMKC Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial
Orthopedics more than three years ago.
Pictured with the Browns are (l-r):
Scott Lindner, who began the
program in 1998;
Andy Frizzell, who began the program in
2000; Aaron Preston, who began the
program in
1997; and Jessica Langley, who began the
program in 2001
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For the past three
years the Virginia Brown Orthodontic Program
has provided financial resources for the UMKC
Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial
Orthopedics to deliver care to children without
the financial resources to afford essential
orthodontic treatment. Forty-eight children
have received care in the program. Based on
the program’s ongoing success, the Brown family
has renewed its grant of $120,000 to the UMKC
School of Dentistry for three additional years.
Since the establishment
of the program at UMKC, the Brown family has
expanded its efforts to assist disadvantaged
children by recruiting 27 community orthodontists,
who treat program participants in their private
offices. Participating doctors include:
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Steve Billings
Dan Blackwell
Loren Crist
John Dorsch
Dean Dyer
David Dykhouse
Robert Fry
Joe Hannah
Heidi Harman |
Steve Hechler
Kurt Hoffman
Daniel Huerter
Gerard Huerter
Jim Indiveri
Kurt Kavanaugh
Michael Klein
Tom Moore
Beth Nill |
Jack Okerstrom
Sarah Oliver
Jay Oltjen
Jim Osborne
Clarence Simmons
Jeff Thompson
Kelly Toombs
Robert Toth
Donald Wilcoxen |
Dr. Katherine Kula, chair of the
UMKC Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial
Orthopedics, screens patients for both programs,
advises the Brown family on patient selection issues
and serves as a member of the community orthodontic
team in her private faculty practice.
Currently 175 children are receiving
treatment in the combined programs.
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