Dentists at work in the Allan Saxe Dental Clinic

This evening, at 7:00 p.m., UTA students and other volunteers will be participating in a 5k run to support the Dr. Allan Saxe Dental Clinic’s denture program.  Dr. Allan Saxe is an Associate Professor of political Science at UTA whose gift twenty years ago provided the seed money which started the clinic.

This event tonight is hosted by the American Student Dental Association at UTA. The run is called the “Ignite Smiles 5k run.”

According to the association’s Vice President Diem Tran, they decided to help with the denture program at the Saxe Dental clinic when they learned that more than 250 people are on a waiting list to get their dentures through the clinic.

All of Mission Arlington®’s services are provided free of charge. In 2014, the Saxe clinic provided care to more than 1,400 (1,434) patients. Dentists treated these patients about 3.5 times each, meaning that people were sitting in the dental chairs at the clinic a little less than 5,000 times.

The Mission Arlington® family is so grateful for the constant support from UTA students, teachers, and administration for all they do to support people in need through Mission Arlington®.

You can read full coverage of this event in UTA’s student paper, “The Shorthorn. Click here to read the article.