Oral Health America

Oral Health America is a fully independent non-profit public benefit corporation, based in Chicago, Illinois. They are supported through contributions from individuals who believe that oral health should be recognized as one of the lifetime factors critical to overall health.

Oral Health America was founded in 1955 as the "American Fund for Dental Health" by members of the American Dental Association, American Dental Education Association, the American Dental Trade Association, and the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company to raise funds for the improvement of dental education. In 1994, Oral Health America broke away from its founding institutions to follow a path of broad-based public advocacy through targeted programs and communications efforts to improve oral health for all Americans.