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Arch Dental Associates Joins DKMS To Register Bone Marrow Donors in New York.

New York, NY, and Long Island NY, April 11, 2011 – Arch Dental Associates is pleased to become the first dental practice in New York and the U.S. to work directly with DKMS Americas to help register potential bone marrow donors. Leukemia is the most common disease children in the U.S. die of. More than 140,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed each year with life threatening blood diseases, such as leukemia and lymphoma. For many of these patients, their only chance of survival is a bone marrow transplant, and they depend on DKMS to link them to donors. Beginning April 15, 2011, those interested in becoming possible bone marrow donors can call Arch Dental at (888) MY-ARCH1 to schedule an appointment to get their cheek swabbed and register as a donor at any Arch Dental location in New York City, Garden City and Huntington.

Angela Buto, Arch Dental Associates Operations Manager, states, “Arch Dental is very happy and excited about helping to register potential bone marrow donors. It is really going to help save lives, and the process to register is so simple. The more people that register, increases the chances of a successful match. How amazing to give someone another chance at life with such a selfless act.”

Arch Dental Associates has provided high quality, full-service dental care for over 16 years with three convenient locations in the New York tri-state area. Dr. Pankaj Singh opened his first Arch Dental location in Manhattan at 3 Washington Square Village, Suite 1 B/D and expanded to two other locations on Long Island, Arch Dental of Huntington at 14 West Neck Rd. in the Village of Huntington, and Arch Dental in Garden City at 901 Stewart Avenue, Suite 206. They are very excited to be partnering with DKMS Americas.

DKMS is the largest bone marrow donor center in the world with over 2.7 million registered donors worldwide. The DKMS mission is to save lives by recruiting bone marrow donors for leukemia patients. More than 25,000 DKMS donors worldwide have helped save lives by donating their bone marrow.

For more information about DKMS and to learn more about registering as a bone marrow donor, please visit www.getswabbed.org or www.archdental.com.