Missouri Dental Association Foundation

The MDA Foundation continues to offer its long-standing Dental and Dental Hygiene Scholarship Program. For the 2022-2023 academic year, the MDAF awarded six $5,000 dental scholarships. The MDAF Board and staff worked very hard this year to promote the scholarship. The MDAF is eager to assist our future dentists and asks that you promote this program in your communities. In an effort to award scholarships to students who are more likely to stay in Missouri after graduation, the scholarship criteria requires all applicants to have been a resident of Missouri for a minimum of five years and be a graduate from a Missouri high school. Below are dental scholarship recipients along with the high school from which they graduated. Dental Scholarship Recipients: Michael Barry AT Still Missouri School of Dentistry Blake Lewis AT Still Missouri School of Dentistry Sherya Patel UMKC Nik Wickerhausesr UMKC Shonte Reed UMKC Riley Pereles UMKCSince 1999, the MDA Foundation has awarded $363,750 in dental and dental hygiene scholarships to students in Missouri.

Supply & Brochure Donations: The MDA Foundation continues to support various projects and programs by donating oral health supplies and education brochures. The MDAF attempts to honor all requests for donations but places special emphasis on programs for low income or underserved groups that may not have access to supplies and brochures through other means.