Access For All Dentistry

Walter and Reid were recognized for their hard work and dedication with Access for All Dentistry in the University of Alberta Graduate Spotlight. Congrats to all the graduates from across Canada. We hope you go out and make an impact in your communities and beyond.

DDS graduates start non-profit organization Access for All Dentistry students Reid Boulet and Walter Junikiewicz ('21 DDS) roots are planted in Northern Alberta. Knowing that access to care, whether medical or dental, can be very limited for patients living in these areas – the two decided to help break these barriers.

Walter and Reid had an amazing time and met tons of wonderful people on their first trip to Whitehorse! There were over 300 dental exams completed and huge milestones were made towards breaking the barrier towards access to care. The Yukon Children's Dental Program is outstanding and made the experience seamless. This program, ran by the Yukon government, provides free care to elementary students and has dental chairs situated within schools. It was inspiring to see how well the preventative measures that this program has implemented are working and how the typical dental fear and anxiety that many children have was negligible. We couldn't be happier! Again, a HUGE thanks to Dr. Trudy and Dr. Blaine Aucoin!

We have some exciting news! After months of negotiations with various supply companies across Canada, Patterson Dental has donated and lent all of these supplies to the Access For All Dentistry initiative! We are so grateful and cannot wait to put them to good use!

Due to Covid, we are hopeful that the missions will begin in early spring of the new year!