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The Aspen Group Announces Plans to Open the TAG Oral Care Center for Excellence

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Posted: February 28, 2022
Edited by Dentaltown staff

CHICAGO—The Aspen Group (TAG) announced it will open the TAG Oral Care Center for Excellence—a clinical facility designed to provide comprehensive dental care at no cost to underserved Illinois residents—in early summer 2022.
 
The new 25,000 sq. ft. clinic—located in Chicago’s West Loop—will offer patients access to the latest dental care technology. The TAG Oral Care Center will be operated by a team of dentists and dental support staff who will serve an estimated 2,500 qualifying patients each year. The free services provided to qualifying patients at the TAG Oral Care Center will include comprehensive dental procedures.
 
“Our mission has always been to break down barriers to health care and bring better care to more people,” said Bob Fontana, chairman and CEO of TAG. “When we moved our headquarters to Chicago in 2018, we knew we wanted to bring that same care to the underserved communities here as well—and we are confident the service provided at the TAG Oral Care Center will help change people’s lives and serve those who, for far too long, haven’t had access to quality dental care.”   
  
Newly appointed executive director Julie Frantsve-Hawley, Ph.D., CAE, will be part of the team tasked with advancing the new TAG Oral Care Center for Excellence. Frantsve-Hawley trained at Harvard University and has more than 20 years of extensive experience in public health dentistry and research. Prior to leading the center, she served as director of analytics and evaluation for the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, and previously, she served as the executive director of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry. She is currently an adjunct assistant professor at Temple University’s Kornberg School of Dentistry.
 
“Oral care is essential to overall health, but the reality is—many people struggle to access routine dental services, allowing potentially dangerous conditions to remain untreated,” said Frantsve-Hawley. “The TAG Oral Care Center for Excellence will fill this critical gap for thousands of underserved patients in Illinois, and I am certain our work will give both our patients and the providers who we support something to smile about.” 
 
Under Frantsve-Hawley’s leadership, and in conjunction with a clinical faculty of dentists and dental specialists, the TAG Oral Care Center will educate hundreds of licensed dentists—from independently owned Aspen Dental and ClearChoice Dental Implant practices across the U.S.—in the most advanced dental technologies and clinical procedures.
 
“Through the Healthy Mouth Movement, our annual Day of Service, and our Overseas Outreach program, independent Aspen Dental doctors and care teams have provided comprehensive dental care to patients and communities across the country and around the world for nearly a decade,” said Arwinder Judge, DDS, chief clinical officer for Aspen Dental. “Providing better care to more people has been our mission from the start, and the TAG Oral Care Center for Excellence brings that mission to life in a meaningful way, in the heart of Chicago.”
 
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