Chrysalis Oral Health Care Alliance
615-435-3667
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6980 Moores Lane
Brentwood, TN 37027
Organization Details

Statements

Mission

To impact local communities by bringing back smiles and transforming lives through access to affordable dental care.

Background

Chrysalis OHCA was founded by local dental professionals who realized that there was a need in the underserved populations for oral health care and education. After working in private practice and seeing so many who could not afford the needed services, Chrysalis was formed to help reduce the number of patients who do not receive dental care in the greater Nashville area.

Impact

After our initial pilot program launch in 2018, we are happy to report that we provided $78,000 worth of dental care to 83 patients in 20 clinic days.

In 2019 the need far outweighed our ability to treat patients in a portable setting. We were fortunate to find a clinic that was already turn key, with a reduced rent, that allowed us to move right in and start seeing patients. we started seeing patients just 2 days a week, but quickly grew to needing to open our days to 4 days per week. Our numbers continued to grow in 2019 as we provided treatment to 599 patients at a valued treatment cost of just over $1M.

With COVID impacting most dental offices in our community, ours was no exception. We were fortunate to receive the PPP Loan to retain staff and a grant from United Way to help with the increased cost of PPE. In 2020,Chrysalis was still able to provide just under $1M in valued treatment to 692 patients (428 of those were New Patients).

The focus of Chrysalis continues to be on providing access to care for those in the community who otherwise may not seek dental care.

Needs

We love our VOLUNTEERS and they are the heart of our organization. Dental professionals (Dentists/ Hygienists/ Dental Assistances), Clerical and volunteers to help set up/take down the portable clinics are the greatest needs.We are in need of financial assistance to expand our current programs.

We are still working on upgrading our patient treatment rooms to be equipped with the same features. This will allow less movement of patients during appointments and will allow us more time to create additional appointments for those in need. For this to take place, we will need identical supplies and equipment in all 3 of the treatment rooms.

CEO Statement

The growth of Chrysalis continues to exceed our teams expectations. The need for affordable dental care is ever present in the community and we strive to provide such care at our clinic.

Our dental model differs from others in that we strive to create a dental home for those in our local community who are in need of affordable dental care. We WANT TO BE THE PATIENT'S FOREVER DENTAL HOME and we continue to add dental treatment options that will allow them to have all of their dentistry completed in our office.

We continue to build relationships and strive to partner with other non-profits in the Nashville area to provide dental services to their clients/patients.

Board Chair Statement

Chrysalis OHCA is proud to offer dental services to the populations in the greater Nashville area. Our partnership with other local non-profits in both Williamson and Davidson Counties has allowed Chrysalis the opportunity to establish a much needed dental program for their clients/patients and is a way to begin bridging the gap between Oral Health and Overall Health. The challenges that we will face will be in that the need is much greater than our supply of volunteers, space, and days available. We will be looking towards expanding our programs so that we can reach additional patients that are in need.


Service Categories

Primary Category: Health Care  - Public Health 
Secondary Category: -
Tertiary Category: -

Areas Served

Our percentages seem to remain constant from the following Counties:
65% from Davidson County
25% from Williamson County
less than 10% from Cannon, Cheatham, Dickson, Franklin, Humphries, Jackson, Marshall, Maury, Montgomery, Perry, Robertson, Rutherford, Shelby, Sumner, Warren, Wilson

TN - Williamson
TN - Davidson