TEAM EFFORT

PARSIPPANY, NJ (July 30, 2002) – The July 16th opening of the Dental Center at the Matheny Center of Medicine and Dentistry in Peapack was truly a collaborative effort, as Matheny staff and participating partners joined together for the official ribbon-cutting. The new Dental Center will provide ongoing preventive dental care to children and adults with disabilities. Services will include cleaning, treatment of cavities, obtaining x-rays, behavioral management and simple extractions.

Pictured below, from left: Dr. Cosmo De Steno, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School; Roselee Yurasko, Director, Somerset County Community Development; Dr. Ceil Feldman, Dean, UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School; Steve Proctor, President, Matheny School and Hospital; Gerald Sydell, D.D.S., Chairman, Delta Dental Plan of New Jersey; Pat Chaknis, Senior Clinical Research Specialist, Colgate-Palmolive Company; Walter VanBrunt, President and CEO, Delta Dental Plan of New Jersey; Margaret Petrone, Associate Director, Clinical/Dental Research, Colgate-Palmolive Company; Dr. Gary Eddey, Director, Matheny Medical and Dental Center; and Gretchen Sennott, Co-Director of the New Jersey Health Initiatives Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 

Delta Dental Plan of New Jersey, Inc., is New Jersey’s and Connecticut's leading dental benefits carrier, providing coverage to more than one million people through contracts with employers in New Jersey and Connecticut. The Delta Dental Plan system is a national network of independently operated, not-for-profit dental service corporations specializing in providing dental benefits programs for employee groups throughout the country. For more information visit us on the Web at www.deltadentalnj.com.