“Any business or individual that invests in their community,
gains a sense of accomplishment where it really matters most.”
Dr. Andrew Kelson

Every member of Dental Horizons shares a deep appreciation for the communities that we serve across Longmont, Boulder and smaller connected towns. While we work on creating a healthy smile, we realize helping those in need creates a bigger reason to smile. These two ideas are inseparable. Our smiles come from helping you attain the joy of oral health and being an active member in our conglomerate community. Moreover, we encourage our colleagues, product providers, and patients to also take a proactive position in our community.
We welcome you to share your story.
If you have something you are doing personally or your business is doing to support the community, please care to share. Please fill out this simple story submission sheet and attach any pictures in a reasonable quality digital format and e-mail it to us so we can consider posting it in our community section. Helping your community is great fun, highly satisfying and just one of those things that bring us all closer around things that matter.
Dental Horizons launches new web site: www.dental-horizons.com
Dental Horizons is building on its legacy as a quality oral health provider (started by Robert McCarty DDS & Andrew Kelson DDS) to help people establish a greater understanding of the risks and benefits that support most oral health decisions. There are many advances in healthcare that we review, recommend and advise patients regarding their options. While we live in a time-crunched society, some solutions deserve more consideration than the speed of the process as some providers promote. In many ways fast dental care is akin to fast food; not necessarily the best solution for your health. This web site is just one way we help our patients obtain proper information and gain real trust in us as their overall oral health consultant.
 
 
2nd Annual Halloween Candy Buyback - Bounty to Share
After last year's success, we are aiming to gather even more candy for our troops this year in our second annual Halloween Candy Buy Back event. We are offering your little pirates and princesses the chance to trade in their candy loot.Read the full story…
Oral Cancer Walkathon - July 2011
In July of 2011, the Dental Horizons Team participated in the 2011 Oral Cancer Walk in Louisville.  The fundraising event was a 5K walk/run intended to raise awareness of Oral Cancer.  Read the full story…
Halloween Candy Buyback - Sharing Your Mounds of Joy
We are going head-to-head with the cavity bugs and redefining the phrase "put your money where your mouth is." This Halloween, little ghosts and goblins can trade in their excess candy for cash, and help support our overseas troops. Read the full story…
Our lighthouse shines on a small village orphanage in Guatemala.
When we are really lucky, our sense of community affords us global connections. Dr. Kelson and two friends, upon hearing about some real challenges in Guatemala, decided to open a free clinic to help out the Guatemalan locals. “It was a real paradigm shift” according to Dr. Kelson acknowledging that just a few people can really impact the lives of so many. Read the full story…
Elementary students get caught up on current events.
Students have easy access to books and magazines at Eagle Crest Elementary school, but in order to help them stay updated on current events, Dental Horizons has gifted subscriptions of the Longmont Times - Call newspaper. Students from Mrs. Dulmer's fifth grade class each wrote a thank you card expressing their appreciation for the gift of information.
Longmont shelter shines light on those in need.
During the Christmas of 2008 every team member at Dental Horizons contributed personal funds to the OUR Center in Longmont. Rather than have a traditional gift exchange, they decided to donate the funds that would have been spent on the Christmas party to those with a greater need. Since 1986, the Outreach United Resource Center, Inc., "OUR Center", has worked to meet its mission: "We help people in the St. Vrain Region move toward self-sufficiency by unifying community resources". We strongly recommend this organization and the satisfaction that comes with supporting them. To find out more visit www.ourcenter.org...
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts – a beacon for character building for our local youth.
Dr. Kelson beams with pride as he talks about his own personal experience as a Boy Scout and … as a Girl Scout. Dr. Kelson was an Eagle Scout and he enjoys participating in scouting to help young men to grow up and become men of character with high moral and community standards. Scouting helps to give young people the tools and confidence to be leaders in the world. Dr. Kelson also worked for the Girl Scouts in Columbus, Ohio developing training materials using desktop publishing skills during the summer of dental school.
Dental Horizons donates free dental services through national organization.
The DDS – Donated Dental Services, allows people in need to periodically go in and get qualified for quality dental care. We have helped two patients so far in support of this great program. To learn more about the National Foundation of Dentists for the Handicapped please visit their web site at www.nfdh.org
Dental Horizons promotes continuous innovation through education.

In addition to ongoing training on new procedures, Dr. Kelson regularly interacts with peer groups of dentists, periodontists and oral surgeons to discuss special challenges with dental implants and other procedures to apply innovative consideration to every patient’s unique needs. Dr. Kelson participates in a local chapter of the Seattle Study Club to discuss special and challenging cases and how to treat them in the best way possible.

Ongoing Education
We routinely attend courses to stay on top of the latest developments in dental care. We attended courses in implant restorative procedures and work with other dentists in study clubs to discuss and share approaches and best practices on treating challenging cases.

Strengthening the circle of influence.
Dr. Kelson has developed strong working relationships with other specialty oral health providers in our local area.. The following providers are consitent with Dental Horizons high quality dental care...
 
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