Dr. James "Jess" Kane
Faculty & Alumnus D74, DG76, G78, DG79, DPX2
- Co-founder and President, Project Stretch
- Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Dental Medicine, Department of Orthodontics
- Staff orthodontist at the Tufts Dental Facility for the Handicapped
- Distinguished Service Award, Tufts University Alumni Association, 2002
- President-elect of the Massachusetts Association of Orthodontists
As a dental student, Jess Kane saw the needless suffering of patients with limited access to basic preventive care. A decade later, as an innovative practitioner with a lively practice, he developed a powerful remedy: Project Stretch, a team of volunteer dentists, hygienists and others who travel the world to educate children about the basics of oral care. From Alaska to Africa, Lithuania to Nicaragua, Project Stretch volunteers have helped tens of thousands of young patients grasp that, as Dr. Kane says, “the pain of losing their teeth is not an inevitability.”
