Crowns for Kids(TM) Program Benefits Children Statewide

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Star Refining London and the
California Dental Association Foundation have joined forces to launch a scrap
crown recycling program that provides dental services to children in need
throughout communities in California through the Crowns for Kids(TM) program.

It is estimated that millions of dollars worth of services would be provided
to underserved children statewide if the vast majority of dentists in
California participated in the Crowns for Kids program.

To participate in Crowns for Kids(TM), the CDA Foundation through Star
Refining provides a recycling jar for the dentists to collect scrap crowns
that contain precious metal. As a result of the money generated through these
collections, local community oral health access programs are then able to
receive grants through the CDA Foundation.

Tony Stern, chairman and president of Star Refining London says, "Our
company's charitable policy is shaped by the fact that we count ourselves
lucky to be in a thriving business and giving back a portion of our success to
worthy causes. Supporting the California Dental Association Foundation through
this program is as exciting as it gets."

For more information regarding this program contact Michael O'Donahue at the
California Dental Association at 916-554-4928 or Gina Stern at Star Refining
at 818-865-8580.

About the California Dental Association Foundation
The CDA Foundation was formed as the philanthropic affiliate of the California
Dental Association in 2001 with the mission to improve the oral health of
Californians by supporting the dental health profession and its efforts to
increase access to care for the state's most vulnerable people. The CDA
Foundation works with experts in the dental profession, private business,
academic institutions and government to produce programs that increase access
to care, promote prevention education and intervention, advance health policy
research and build a sustainable oral health workforce. www.cdafoundation.org.

About Star Refining London
Star is an international company with more than 14,000 customers worldwide.
The largest collector and processor of dental scrap in the UK, Star has grown
to become a major precious metal refiner in continental Europe and the US.
Unique among precious metal scrap refiners, Star Refining takes advantage of
computerized internet business strategies and volume contracts with major
International Express Couriers like UPS. This allows direct shipment to all
the dental scrap collected to the state-of-the-art London refinery on a daily
basis.

Star Refining's skilled refinery craftsmen use superior European techniques to
extract the maximum yield of precious metal from dental scrap. Recovered
metals are weighed and analyzed by an independent Assay Office licensed by the
British government. Close proximity to the London metals market allows Star
Refining to sell at the highest price possible.

SOURCE California Dental Association Foundation

Jessica Joisten of California Dental Association Foundation, +1-916-554-5392