BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI, September 6, 2011 – Richard Beckman, Chief Executive Officer of Great Expressions Dental Centers (GEDC), announced today that GEDC is participating with Alternative Revenue Development in the Michigan UNITE program to provide additional revenue streams to school districts through a local sponsorship. The program is designed to help maintain a quality education for students by offering school districts supplemental revenue in response to state funding cuts. GEDC is partnering with the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools, Dearborn Heights School District #7 and Wayne-Westland Community School District this fall. In addition, GEDC is awarding one student or family in these districts 'free braces' to defer the expense of orthodontic care for the winner and to start the districts' "Orthodontics Awareness" promotion.