About Us

Our History

Access Dental Care was established in 2000 as a non-profit organization to support the special care population in North Carolina. Our business is a model of Apple Tree Dental, a Minnesota non-profit, serving similar patient communities.  The North Carolina Dental Society recognized that the State needed a model program to provide quality special care services and that community dentists needed a referral source for their ever-changing practice population.  Their foresight has resulted in North Carolina being a national leader in special care dentistry.

After transferring his private practice serving nursing home facilities in Asheboro and Greensboro, Dr. Bill Milner along with Betsy White, cofounded the newly formed, non-profit, in 2000. The program has earned the support of numerous North Carolina foundations and special care interest organizations. Grants from the Cone Foundation, the North Carolina Dental Society and Piedmont Triad Area Agency on Aging helped launch the organization that has never stopped opening dentistry’s doors to the medically, intellectually and physically disabled.

While carefully expanding our programming efforts, we knew that loading and unloading a complete dental office five days a week requires special equipment. To that end, we started manufacturing much of our own equipment to satisfy these needs and continue to build our expertise, today. 

Accomplishments to Date

Our complete system has achieved the following so far:

Geographic Coverage

Clinical Services

30,000+
Patients Served

30,000+ Patients served, 80% of whom are Medicaid eligible
Nearly 250,000 Patient visits.

We treat patients regardless of ability to pay or available insurance benefits

Special Patient Populations

200
Active Facilities

Nearly 200 Active Facilities
Access Dental Care has served over 30,000 patients with special healthcare needs

Partnerships and Support

Recently, we are proud to have participated in a teledentistry research project in cooperation with the UNC Adams School of Dentistry and have participated in the North Carolina Community Oral Health Transformation Project. Access Dental Care has strong partnerships with state and national organizations, including those below:

  • American Academy of Developmental Medicine & Dentistry

  • North Carolina Dental Society

  • North Carolina Oral Health Collaborative

  • Special Care Dentistry Association

  • Central Carolina Health Network

  • New Hanover County

  • Cone Health

  • Special Care Advocates in Dentistry

As a non-profit, we have graciously received over $2.5 Million in grant funds to start new programs and to fund special projects. 

Please contact Betsy White on furthering grants and donations.

Award Winning Service

Access Dental Care has been providing award-winning service and care for over twenty-three years. Some of our latest awards include receiving:

2023 American Dental Association’s Humanitarian of the Year Award

The ADA Humanitarian Award is a recognition open to member dentists who have distinguished themselves by giving a minimum of 10 years to improving the oral health of underserved populations in the United States. Bill was selected from over 15,000 practicing dentists.

2023 Helen C. “Holly” Riddle Distinguished Service Award, from the NC Council on Developmental Disabilities

The Helen C. "Holly" Riddle Distinguished Service Award recognizes professionals who have made lasting contributions towards improving opportunities, breaking down barriers and promoting increased quality of life for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in North Carolina.

Access Dental Solutions

Over the past many years, as Access Dental Care has provided high-quality dental care throughout the state of North Carolina, we’re constantly asked by organizations to help them establish their own mobile dentistry practice.

While we were happy to assist in any way we could, it became obvious that the need and interest extended well-beyond North Carolina and was growing with each passing year. In order to address this need and interest, in early 2023, Access Dental Care created a separate division within our organization, Access Dental Solutions (ADS). 

Access Dental Solutions is managed within the Access Dental Care organization, and has two major initiatives:

  • To provide consulting services to those individuals and/or organizations interested in establishing their own mobile dentistry.

  • To provide a turnkey mobile dentistry delivery system consisting of a fully-upfitted new vehicle (box truck) along with all the operatories of dental equipment mobilized for easy transport.

Meet our Leadership Team

  • Bill Milner, DDS, MPH

    CO-FOUNDER
    President

  • Betsy White, RDH, BS, FSCDH

    CO-FOUNDER
    Chief Operating Officer

  • Martha Ogburn


    Chief Financial Officer