Past Tellies Award Winners: 2019

  • Paul Labbe, DDS

    Dental Innovator

    Paul Labbe, DDS

    Dr. Labbe is a pediatric dentist with 5 office locations. He uses teledentistry to provide care to underserved children in his community. Teledentistry enables him and his team to conduct dental screenings at local schools and then in turn, provide the parents and guardians with diagnosis and treatment plans with the option to bring their children to one of his offices for restorative treatment.

  • ToothBUDDS

    Oral Health Program Innovator

    ToothBUDDS

    MiQuel McRae, RDH founded ToothBUDDS, a non-profit that employs a team of dental hygienists to provide oral care to underserved children in her area – Many of which have some form or oral disease. Miquel and her team provide education, screenings, cleanings and fluoride treatments in local school settings. Thanks to teledentistry, they can connect children with urgent dental needs to a local dentist, so they don’t fall through the cracks.

  • Angie Stone, RDH

    Hygiene Innovator

    Angie Stone, RDH

    Angie and her team of oral care specialists provide onsite hygiene services to elderly patients who live in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and private homes. They use teledentistry to document each patient visit with intraoral photos and videos and to communicate with family members and participating dentists to ensure that their clients receive restorative care when needed.