Salt Lake Donated Dental Services

What Salt Lake Donated Dental Services does

Salt Lake Donated Dental Services (SLDDS) is a private nonprofit charitable dental clinic founded in 1990 by Dr. Ralph B. Montgomery in Salt Lake City, Utah. The organization operates two physical clinic locations — a main five-operatory facility at 1383 South 900 West in Salt Lake City (within the Sorenson Unity Center in the Glendale neighborhood) and a satellite site at Davis Technical College in Kaysville — delivering preventive, restorative, oral surgery, pediatric (including sedation), and prosthodontic (dentures and partials) services to approximately 4,900 patients per year, with cumulative treatments valued at over $22 million since inception.

SLDDS runs three distinct programs stratified by Federal Poverty Level: the Salt Lake Donated Dental Program (free services at 0-100% FPL), the Salt Lake Discounted Dental Program (reduced rates at 0-200% FPL, launched in 2009 to serve the working poor), and the Davis Donated Dental Services program (free services at 0-150% FPL for Davis County residents). The 13-person paid staff is augmented by approximately 50 volunteer dentists and hygienists who collectively contributed 1,717 hours in the most recent reporting period; volunteer dentists can apply up to 15% of their annual continuing education requirement (4.5 CE credits) toward SLDDS service.

The organization's business model is donation-funded rather than revenue-generating. The vast majority of services are rendered at no cost, with revenue derived from charitable contributions, grants, a disclosed corporate sponsorship from MEDLEY US, Inc. (DBA Jobley), and minimal patient fee revenue from the discounted program. SLDDS has no public ticker, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed funding rounds; governance is provided by an independent board chaired by Dr. Melvin Malmstrom, with Sasha Harvey serving as Executive Director since 2019. Distribution is direct-to-consumer at the clinic locations, with patient acquisition driven primarily by referral partnerships with community organizations such as Head Start, the Utah Community Action Program, and the Sorenson Unity Center.

Name

Salt Lake Donated Dental Services

Legal name

Salt Lake Donated Dental Services

Website

https://donateddental.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nonprofit dental clinic founded in 1990 providing free and discounted comprehensive dental care to low-income and homeless individuals across Salt Lake and Davis Counties, Utah, through 13 paid staff and roughly 50 volunteer dental professionals.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Salt Lake City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donated Services (Free Care): Services provided at no cost to patients at or below 100% of Federal Poverty Level (Salt Lake) or 150% for Davis County. Funded through donations and charitable contributions from the community.
2. Discounted Services: Services at significantly reduced rates for patients at or below 200% of Federal Poverty Level who do not qualify for the donated program. Patients pay a discounted price at time of service.
3. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization relies on community donations and support to fund operations. Due to community dental support, patients have received over $22 million in quality comprehensive dental treatments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Salt Lake Donated Dental Services is a nonprofit dental clinic that delivers free or deeply discounted comprehensive dental care—including preventative, restorative, oral surgery, prosthetics, and pediatric services with sedation—to low-income, homeless, and uninsured individuals at two clinic locations in Utah. Care is provided through three income-based programs tied to Federal Poverty Level thresholds (0–100% FPL free in Salt Lake, 0–200% FPL discounted in Salt Lake, and 0–150% FPL free in Davis County), and is delivered primarily by volunteer dental professionals supported by a small staff.

Product overview

Salt Lake Donated Dental Services operates as a nonprofit charitable dental clinic providing comprehensive dental care to low-income and homeless individuals. The organization offers three distinct programs: the Salt Lake Donated Dental Program (for those at or below 100% of Federal Poverty Level, providing free services), the Salt Lake Discounted Dental Program (for those at or below 200% of Federal Poverty Level, offering reduced rates), and the Davis Donated Dental Services Program (a partner program for Davis County residents at or below 150% of Federal Poverty Level). Services include emergency care, preventative and periodontal maintenance, pediatric dentistry with sedation, restorative care (fillings, crowns, bridges, root canals), oral surgery including wisdom teeth extractions, and an extensive denture and partial program. The organization serves approximately 4,900 patients per year through volunteer dental professionals.

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Functional benefit

Brands

• Salt Lake Donated Dental Program: Free dental services program for individuals at or below 100% of the Federal Poverty Level
• Salt Lake Discounted Dental Program
• Davis Donated Dental Services (DDDS)

Products and services

• Salt Lake Donated Dental Program Free comprehensive dental services for individuals at or below 100% of the Federal Poverty Level in Salt Lake County, covering oral surgery, preventative care, restorative care, an extensive denture and partial program, and pediatric care including sedation.
• Salt Lake Discounted Dental Program Reduced-rate dental services for individuals at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level in Salt Lake County who do not qualify for the Donated Program; patients pay a significantly discounted price at time of service.
• Davis Donated Dental Services Program Free dental program for Davis County, Utah residents at or below 150% of the Federal Poverty Level, operated in partnership with Davis Technical College, Weber State University, and local volunteer dental professionals; does not include dentures, implants, or orthodontic services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $22 million in dental treatments provided to patients due to community dental support
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Davis Technical CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSLDDS partners with Davis Technical College to provide dental office space for the Davis Donated Dental Services program. Local dentists and hygienists from the college volunteer their time to provide care.
• Weber State UniversitysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerWeber State University partners with SLDDS for the Davis County program, with volunteer dental professionals from the university contributing to patient care.
• Local Volunteer Dentists and HygienistscoreOthersCommunity dental professionals volunteer their services to provide quality comprehensive dental care. Without volunteer dentists and hygienists, SLDDS would be unable to provide the same level of care to homeless and low-income community members. Dentists can earn up to 15% of their continuing education requirements (4.5 CE credits per year) through volunteering.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Remote Area Medical (RAM): Operates mobile pop-up clinics delivering free dental, medical, and vision care to underserved communities. Comparable volunteer-based, donation-funded, no-appointment safety-net model — though delivered via events rather than fixed clinics.
• Dental Aid, Inc. Nonprofit community dental clinic in Colorado serving low-income, uninsured, and migrant populations with sliding-fee and free care. Comparable model: nonprofit-operated dental clinic using donated/reduced-fee model with volunteer providers — a peer organization with analogous scale and structural profile.
• Volunteers in Medicine America: National network of free primary-care clinics that rely on volunteer healthcare professionals to serve the uninsured and underinsured. Directly comparable operational and funding model to SLDDS, but with a broader medical (not dental-only) mandate.
• America's Dentists Care Foundation (Mission of Mercy): Runs large-scale, volunteer-driven free dental clinics (MOM events) across the U.S. using portable equipment to treat the uninsured and underinsured. Comparable model: charity-supported, volunteer dentists, free care targeting low-income populations.
• Dental Lifeline Network: National nonprofit that coordinates donated dental care for people with disabilities, the elderly, and medically fragile individuals through a volunteer-dentist network. Directly mirrors SLDDS's volunteer-driven, free-care model at a national scale.
• HealthPartners of Utah / Community Health Centers, Inc. Federally Qualified Health Center operator in Utah providing integrated medical, dental, and behavioral care on a sliding-fee scale to low-income populations. Direct geographic and functional peer — same patient base, comparable sliding-fee dental services, funded through HRSA grants rather than private donations.

Regional players

• Mountainlands Community Health Center: Utah-based FQHC providing dental services on a sliding-fee scale to low-income and uninsured residents. Comparable safety-net dental model in Utah, though based in Utah County rather than Salt Lake County.

Broad incumbents

• Aspen Dental: Largest U.S. dental support organization with a stated focus on serving patients who lack access to traditional dental care (e.g., financing, walk-in availability). Indirectly competes for SLDDS's near-FPL and working-poor patients who fall outside the free-program window but still cannot afford full-fee dentistry.
• National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (NAFC): Membership association representing 1,400+ free and charitable clinics across the U.S., many of which offer donated dental services analogous to SLDDS. Not a direct operator, but the umbrella body for the safety-net clinic ecosystem SLDDS sits within.
• Give Kids A Smile (ADA Foundation): ADA Foundation program mobilizing volunteer dentists to provide free dental care to underserved children, mirroring the pediatric subset of SLDDS's services. Not a clinic operator, but a parallel charitable dental program with similar volunteer-donor DNA.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/donateddental
• Instagraminstagram.com/donateddental
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/salt-lake-donated-dental-services

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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