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Construction of future Kingsport dental clinic kicks off

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The Kingsport Dental Clinic of the Appalachian Highlands will be a partnership between the City of Kingsport, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, East Tennessee State University, and Ballad Health. It has also involved business and government leaders.


Kingsport Dental Clinic receives $250,000 donation

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BlueCross representatives were in Kingsport to donate $250,000 to the clinic to help expand access to oral care services in the area. Miles Burdine of the BlueCross board and the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce presented the donation to the clinic. The clinic is the collaboration of the City of Kingsport, East Tennessee State University, Ballad… Read More


Kingsport Dental Clinic receives $250k donation for renovations

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Leaders hoping to develop a regional dental clinic and training site in Kingsport had cause to celebrate Friday: a $250,000 donation from Delta Dental of Tennessee’s Smile180 Foundation that will be used to purchase equipment. Plans for the clinic were formalized last fall when the Kingsport Board of Mayor and Alderman (BMA) voted to sign… Read More


UT medical school looking at expansion

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The aim is a satellite campus in Nashville in partnership with Saint Thomas Health that would be called UT Health Science Center Nashville Campus.