Delta Dental Foundation’s loan repayment program helps fill oral health worker gap

“I was awarded the program that gave me $5,000 a year for loan repayment for up to three years so, each year, as long as I still meet the requirements, I can get up to $15,000 in repayment.”

Kelli Cornwell is a registered hygienist at My Community Dental Center in Grand Rapids, a Michigan-based nonprofit dental clinic. She says the Delta Dental Foundation’s school loan scholarship program has reduced the stress that comes from paying off school loan debt.

“And I have about $20,000 left for my dental hygiene degree, so this would basically pay off a majority of my student loans for dental hygiene.”…

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