Dentaid has marked its 30th anniversary with a week of special events thanking volunteers and patients. We first launched as a charity in 1996 to deliver dental equipment to professionals working in poor and remote communities overseas. Since then our work has expanded to provide treatment and advice to people experiencing homelessness, harm, poverty and…

Dentaid The Dental Charity is expanding its services in the North East as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations, with the launch of a new hub based in County Durham. The initiative, featuring a dedicated mobile dental unit and staff, will offer treatments and oral health advice to vulnerable people across County Durham, Tyne and…

We are celebrating all of the tireless volunteers who support Dentaid’s work across the UK and overseas as part of Volunteers’ Week 2026 (Monday 1st-Sunday 7th June 2026) Running every year since 1984, Volunteers’ Week is a national celebration of volunteers and provides an opportunity to thank volunteers for their time, passion and skills. The…

Runners and walkers from across the dental community have braved tough conditions on the hottest weekend of the year to raise more than £30,000 for Dentaid The Dental Charity as part of Dentistry’s Big Community Challenge. More than 60 competitors took part in the 100km London 2 Brighton Ultra Challenge on Saturday 23rd and Sunday…

A group of heavy-lifting climbers have reached the top of Mount Snowdon carrying a dental chair – raising more than £10,000 for Dentaid The Dental Charity. Bupa Dental Care’s property team took the bright blue furry chair more than 1,000 metres to the summit of Wales’ highest peak, also known as Yr Wyddfa, on May…

Dentaid The Dental Charity has launched its latest mobile charity dental unit Freja, allowing more people experiencing homelessness, harm, poverty and abuse to gain access to dental treatment. The unit, the 12th in Dentaid’s fleet, has been supported by Swedish -founded oral hygiene equipment manufacturer TePe and named for the Norse goddess associated with care…

The organisers of Dentistry’s Big Community Challenge are giving members of the dental community the chance to “Walk Your Way” this  June, in support of Dentaid The Dental Charity. Sign up to Walk Your Way here!   Walk Your Way is a virtual challenge which gives participants control over how far they go to fundraise.…

The Straumann Group Foundation (SGF) and Dentaid The Dental Charity have launched a multi-year partnership to expand access to essential dental care for people experiencing homelessness, poverty, harm and abuse in the United Kingdom, and to enable female survivors of domestic abuse to access restorative dental treatment. This meaningful initiative builds on the longstanding collaboration…