On June 28, 2019, the first American Dental Association (ADA) Elder Care Symposium took place at the ADA Headquarters. The ADA Council on Dental Practice and its National Elder Care Advisory Committee, which includes Dr. Michael Helgeson, CEO of Apple Tree Dental, presented the symposium. Dr. Helgeson had the honor of being one of the…
For more than a third of a century, Apple Tree Dental, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit critical access dental provider, has been working hard to accomplish our mission to bring quality dental care to as many people as possible. Although we started with just a small elder care mobile program that brought services directly to nursing home…
On Sunday, April 14th, at the National Oral Health Conference in Memphis, Tennessee, the co-founder and CEO of Apple Tree Dental, Dr. Michael J. Helgeson, was awarded the John P. Rossetti Community Oral Health Impact Award for his efforts to improve oral health access. Dr. Helgeson cited his dentist grandfather, Jay A. Jacobson – who…
Apple Tree Dental is honored to be featured in a recent video produced by West Central Initiative (WCI) and the Early Childhood Dental Network (ECDN) about the disparities for oral health care for people on Minnesota Health Care Programs (Medical Assistance). It features Apple Tree’s Dr. Ashok Gorrepati, of our Fergus Falls Center, speaking about…
In early January, Apple Tree’s Little Falls Center was honored to be the featured organization in the Bridges Connections Dental Careers video https://youtu.be/VrWcbDC2xBU. Bridges Connections is an affiliate of the Brainerd Area Chamber of Commerce. They produce videos in different career fields to encourage students to attend local colleges and to stay or return to…
MPR ran a news segment today, November 28th, 2018, on the concerns regarding dental care for low-income Minnesota families. Unfortunately, Minnesota is below the national average for the percentage of children on Medical Assistance (Medicaid) who actually receive the dental care included in their coverage. Listen to the end for the quote from Dr. Michael…
On the 8th of October, the Star Tribune ran a story about teledentistry, a growing practice which allows dental hygienists to provide preventative care to patients at a lower cost while electronically supervised by a dentist. Dr. Helgeson, Apple Tree Dental’s CEO and one of its founders, is featured in the article, giving his take…
Many thanks to all of the wonderful dentists, and dental industry partners, who made contributions for Apple Tree Dental through the annual 2018 OMS Specialists Golf Tournament and Bike Tour. Dr. Paul Peterson (center left) and Cassandra Keocher, Practice Relations Coordinator, (center right), both of OMS Specialists, presented a very generous donation from the tournament…
Drs. Oksana Fursov and Krishna Katira are graduating this week from Apple Tree’s first year of hosting a residency program! We are very grateful to these two outstanding professionals for helping to make our program such a success!
Apple Tree Dental’s CEO and one of the organization’s original founders, Dr. Michael J. Helgeson, was recently featured on the Twin Cities’ PBS TPT station’s “Calling Home Minnesota.” The series focuses on issues that our aging population might be dealing with in Minnesota. Watch the video at https://www.callinghomemn.org or https://youtu.be/1JZpd7YahGM.
