Thanks to a very generous grant from the Pulte Family Charitable Foundation, the Malta Dental and Medical Clinic is poised to better serve uninsured Metro Detroiters who need dental care. 

The $40,000 grant will help fund the salary of a dentist at the Malta Clinic, said Clinic President Thomas V. Larabell.

“We are immensely grateful to the Pulte Family Charitable Foundation for this generous support,” said Larabell. “Much of the care at the Clinic is provided by volunteers – dentists and other licensed professionals who give of their time. But we needed a dentist on staff who could provide dentures and recognized that we could not ask that person to make the enormous sacrifice of working for free. With this grant, the Pulte Family Charitable Foundation is helping the Malta Clinic fill a critical need for our patients.”

Guided by a belief in the inherent dignity of all persons, the Pulte Family Charitable Foundation works to meet the basic human needs of the most marginalized members of the human family, including socially disadvantaged youth; the aged; persons with physical, emotional, and mental disabilities; and those with the fewest material resources. In addition, the Foundation seeks to serve religious communities and correlative organizations of Judeo-Christian beliefs. To this end, the Foundation strives to enact through its grantees the Seven Corporal Acts of Mercy: feed the hungry; give drink to the thirsty; clothe the naked; care for captives; shelter the homeless; visit the sick; and assist the mourning. 

The Malta Dental and Medical Clinic has cared for more than 16,000 uninsured homeless, elderly, and veteran patients since its founding in 2004. Patients are eligible for free care if they are low-income and uninsured. The Malta Clinic’s dental care includes examinations, x-rays, dental hygiene, dentures, fillings, and tooth extractions. Medical services offered by the Clinic include care for chronic diseases, diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, and eye examinations. Physicians, dentists, dental hygienists, nurses, physician assistants, and pharmacists volunteer at the Clinic, assisted by students from Wayne State University medical and pharmacy schools and the University of Detroit-Mercy dental and dental hygiene schools.