Loan Repayment

• Ohio Dentist Loan Repayment Program
  • This program is accepting applications for contracts which will start in January 2009. The deadline has been extended. Applications must be postmarked by July 31, 2008. Eligible candidates include:
    · Dental students enrolled in the final year of dental school.
    · Dental residents in the final year of pediatric or general practice residency or in advanced education in general dentistry programs.
    · General and pediatric dentists who have been practicing dentistry for no more than three years.
  • To qualify for loan repayment, dentists must provide services in underserved areas of Ohio for a minimum of 40 hours per week. Services must be provided for Medicaid-eligible persons and others without regard to a patient's ability to pay. Dentists are paid a salary in addition to the loan repayment they receive. Applications can be found online.
• National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program

Web site maintained by the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, in collaboration with the Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Oral Health Services. The site was developed with support from the Anthem Foundation of Ohio and is maintained with support from the Delta Dental Foundation of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana.