Comfort Dental

Comfort Dental
IndustryDentistry
Founded1977; 47 years ago (1977)
FounderDr. Rick Kushner, D.D.S.
Headquarters
Lakewood, Colorado
,
United States
Area served
United States
ProductsDentistry
Websitecomfortdental.com

Comfort Dental is a dental franchise with over 150 independently owned offices in 10 states across the United States. Comfort Dental was founded in 1977 by Dr. Rick Kushner, D.D.S.[1] It is based in Lakewood, Colorado.[2]

In 2021, the company launched Comfort Dental Shares, a new community initiative helping kids, veterans and families.

In 1984, beginning in Colorado, Comfort Dental franchisees offered free dental care on Christmas Day, called Care Day. "[A]pproximately 300 Comfort Dental dentists and 1,300 staff members donate their time on Care Day.[3]

Comfort Dental sponsors a mascot race at Denver's Coors Field called the "Tooth Trot".[4]

  1. ^ "Outstanding Dental Service Award" Archived 2015-12-21 at the Wayback Machine, Marquette University Alumni Association", 2009
  2. ^ Raabe, Steve (December 24, 2013). "Comfort Dental plans to sue CU dental school professors for slander". The Denver Post. Digital First Media. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  3. ^ Harding, Todd. "Comfort Dental Offers Free Dental Work on Annual Care Day". K99. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  4. ^ Newman, Kyle (May 4, 2019). "Why the Rockies should bid good riddance to the cheesy "Tooth Trot" at Coors Field". The Denver Post. Digital First Media. Retrieved May 31, 2019.