The executors of the Bennie and Martha Benjamin Foundation met with Frederiksted Health Care staff and board members Feb. 9 to donate funding for three dental scanners. The scanners, valued at $90,000, will be placed in the three FHC dental offices.
Bennie Benjamin was a musician/songwriter from St. Croix who willed his royalties to improve health care on the island. So far, the foundation has donated $3 million in this pursuit including this donation to FHC.
Dental scanners are hand-held, wireless devices used to create 3-D images of patients’ teeth and gums. They send the images directly to a lab, replacing the 6-8 week wait it previously took to process clay molds of teeth, which now enables dentists to fit bridges, for example, within 10 days.
