The Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Topeka Correctional Facility to buy equipment for a dental lab program that trains inmates to make dentures.
The dental lab's technician training program provides students with both education and hands-on experience in the science of denture making, according to a press release from the Kansas Department of Corrections.
The dentures they create are provided to medically underserved patients of the state's safety net clinics. The funds have allowed the dental lab to purchase much-needed equipment and supplies that will help broaden the students' training and increase productivity.
