Practicing in an underserved region of Arkansas may qualify you for added benefits — repayment of your educational loans.  

The Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation Loan Repayment Program annually offers a $50,000 award for the repayment of dental education debt to be used over a three-year grant period.

In return, the selected dentist agrees to practice in one of Arkansas’ designated Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas and to allocate 35% of patient services to underserved populations.

The Loan Repayment Program, which is funded solely by the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation, offers at least one $50,000 award per year, and in some years, multiple awards may be given.

Who may apply to the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation Loan Repayment Program?

Dentists who are:

• Fully trained and licensed (or in process of becoming licensed)
• Interested in a public health role
• Committed to serving in a rural or underserved area classified as one of Arkansas’ Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas
• Willing to allocate 35% of patient load to the underserved during program period (example, elderly, nursing home residents, Medicaid, ARKidsFirst, non-insured, etc.)

  What are the benefits?
  
  Qualified educational loans are repaid at a maximum of $50,000 for a required three year contract period (i.e. $15k – year 1; $15k – year 2; $20k – year 3)

  
  Click here to learn more and to access the Program Application.