Tag: Delta Dental of Tennessee


Delta Dental of Tennessee Building Wins Best Large Renovation in 2024 Building Memphis Awards

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When the ribbon was cut last April during the grand opening of the new Delta Dental of Tennessee Building at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, it ushered in a new day for the oral health of the people of Tennessee. More than a location for Tennessee’s future dentists to study and… Read More


Advisory Board Chair Phil Wenk Honored for Service to People of Tennessee

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“I think Phil is one of those people you meet, and you think, ‘I wish I’d met you earlier in my life,’” UT System President Randy Boyd said of Phil Wenk, DDS, the chief executive officer of Delta Dental of Tennessee. “My life has been so much better having known him, and I feel like… Read More


Floss Cutting for New Delta Dental of Tennessee Building ‘a Great Day for Tennessee’

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Several hundred people gathered on the front steps of the new $45 million Delta Dental of Tennessee Building on the Memphis campus of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center today for a “floss cutting” and grand opening of the state-of-the-art building that will house the College of Dentistry. The building at 875 Union Avenue… Read More


UTHSC College of Dentistry to Host “Floss Cutting,” Grand Opening of New $45 Million Delta Dental of Tennessee Building

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The College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will host a “floss cutting” and grand opening of the new $45 million Delta Dental of Tennessee Building on the Memphis campus at 1 p.m., Friday, April 14. The 68,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art building increases space for training Tennessee’s dental workforce and expands facilities to… Read More


Phil Wenk Gives Back to his Alma Mater and the People of Tennessee

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A hometown dentist-turned-corporate executive, Phil Wenk, DDS, has spent a lifetime serving his community, his profession, his state, and his alma mater. Dr. Wenk, chief executive officer of Delta Dental of Tennessee, is a 1973 graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a 1977 graduate of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College… Read More


Kingsport Dental Clinic Receives $250,000 Donation from Delta Dental of Tennessee

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Leaders of the effort to develop a collaborative regional dental clinic and training site in Kingsport, Tennessee, gathered today to celebrate a $250,000 donation from Delta Dental of Tennessee’s Smile180 Foundation. The milestone gift will be used to purchase equipment for the clinic, a joint initiative of the City of Kingsport, the University of Tennessee… Read More


UTHSC Leads $53 Million Healthy Smiles Initiative to Increase Access to Dental Care Across Tennessee

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The College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, in collaboration with the Tennessee Department of Health, is undertaking a $53 million project over the next five years to increase access to dentists and dental care across Tennessee, with a focus on the rural areas with the most need.   Funded by the… Read More


UTHSC College of Dentistry Alumna Tapped as Host for National Dental Conference

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The stage at the American Dental Association’s 2022 SmileCon in Houston was a long way from the North Memphis neighborhood where UT Health Science Center alumna Christina Rosenthal, DDS, MPH, grew up. The national spotlight as a host of the prestigious dental convention did not come for Dr. Rosenthal without a lot of hard work,… Read More