Loyalty
We remain loyal to our mission, to the veterans and Native veterans we serve, to their families, and to the trust placed in our organization. We are committed to standing beside those who served with consistency, respect, and care.
About the Foundation
Service grounded in dignity, trust, and accountability.
Our mission defines who we serve. Our values define how we must serve.
Mission statement
Serving Those Who Served — With Dental Care, Trust, and Respect.
Veterans and Natives Dental Foundation, Inc. exists to serve veterans, Native veterans, and their immediate family members with dignity, respect, and compassion by improving access to preventive dental care, oral hygiene education, routine screenings, dental cleanings, and trusted referral support.
Our mission is to serve those who have served through a safe, respectful, and trustworthy path toward better oral health. Through education, screening assistance, dental hygiene support, and cleanings provided by properly licensed dental professionals in safe and appropriate settings, we connect veterans, Native veterans, and their families with the care and guidance they deserve.
We do not replace dentists, dental hygienists, dental clinics, or emergency care providers. Instead, we bridge the gap between veterans, Native veterans, their families, and trusted dental professionals.
Our work is built on honesty, service, privacy, safety, and patient choice. We protect the trust of every person we serve and use personal information only for appropriate care, referral, education, and program-related purposes.
Our commitment is clear: to stand beside veterans, Native veterans, and their families with respect, transparency, and care while serving their path toward a healthier smile and a better quality of life.
Our vision
Access should not depend on distance, service history, or available cash.
Our vision is an Arizona where veterans, Native veterans, and eligible families reach respectful preventive dental support and trusted care pathways without geography or fragmented systems standing in the way.
Our operating standard
Prepared by design. Delivered with accountability.
Every clinical program follows documented requirements for oversight, professional licensing, infection control, insurance, funding, community authorization, and operational safeguards.
Our Core Values
Values carried from service into every decision.
Veterans and Natives Dental Foundation, Inc. is guided by values that reflect service, trust, discipline, and respect. Inspired by the values many veterans carried in uniform, our organization is built on Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage.
Duty
We accept the responsibility to serve with professionalism, preparation, and accountability. Our duty is to provide preventive dental education, routine screening support, dental hygiene services, and referral guidance in a safe, respectful, and responsible manner through Foundation-authorized programs and partnerships.
Respect
Every person we serve deserves dignity, patience, privacy, and equal treatment. We respect each patient’s background, culture, service, family, health concerns, and personal choices.
Selfless Service
Our work is centered on service before self. We exist to serve veterans, Native veterans, and their families by improving access to preventive oral health support and trusted dental care pathways.
Honor
We honor the service and sacrifices of veterans and Native veterans by building an organization worthy of their trust. We strive to represent our mission with seriousness, compassion, and professionalism.
Integrity
We are honest about who we are, what we provide, and how program access is confirmed. We do not overpromise. We protect patient information, use donations responsibly, and act with transparency in our programs, referrals, and partnerships.
Personal Courage
We have the courage to serve where access is difficult, to build new solutions, to ask for support, and to do the work properly. We face challenges with humility, discipline, and commitment to the people we serve.
Our Promise
Honesty, compassion, respect, and accountability.
These values guide how we speak to patients, protect privacy, work with licensed dental professionals, manage donations, and build trust with veterans, Native veterans, families, providers, donors, and community partners.