Schaan, Liechtenstein – 24 March 2025
Through its own aid program, Ivoclar Joy, the Liechtenstein-based Ivoclar Group promotes awareness of preventive care and provides dental treatment to children and young people in less privileged regions around the world. By taking targeted action, the dental and medical device company is committed to enabling children to live a life free of tooth decay, reducing the high number of school dropouts caused by dental pain, to ultimately improve both educational opportunities and quality of life for children.
In 2023, the family company successfully established its own aid program, Ivoclar Joy. From January 2023 to December 2024 alone, more than 24,000 treatments were provided to over 12,000 patients, alongside ongoing awareness and training initiatives at a range of schools and institutions.
Ivoclar Joy currently runs projects in three countries: Ghana, Cambodia and Peru. The dental company liaises with local universities and hospitals to operate its base stations. Empowering and training local professionals is central to the program’s goal of delivering long-term, meaningful impact.
At each project location, the outreach teams are supported by a mobile dental unit for their on-site work. These units enable treatments in remote regions and are fully equipped with Ivoclar materials and instruments for their deployments. The outreach teams carry out all treatments according to the defined three-phase approach: "prevention and oral hygiene", "small restorations" and " basic fillings and surgical procedures". Alongside the provision of materials, equipment and personnel, the dental company fully funds all related expenditures.
In 2025, Ivoclar Joy will open its fourth project site in the Philippines. An outreach team evaluated various options and selected Palawan, a province in the western Philippines, as the future project site. Preparations are well underway to ensure that the first treatments can begin as soon as possible.
Discover more about individual initiatives at https://www.ivoclar.com/en_li/ivoclarjoy.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us at ivoclarjoy@ivoclar.com.
About the Ivoclar Group
The Ivoclar Group, headquartered in Schaan, Liechtenstein, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of integrated solutions for high-quality dental applications. For over a century, the company has been shaping the dental industry, enabling people to achieve the best oral health and enjoy a beautiful smile. The company's success is based on a comprehensive portfolio of products, systems and services, strong research and development capabilities and a clear commitment to training and further education. The group of companies, which sells its products to around 130 countries, has 56 subsidiaries and branch offices and employs roughly 3600 people worldwide. More information about the Ivoclar Group is available at ivoclar.com.