Dental Clinics Offer Free Dental Work To Uninsured

Grant to provide free dental services to 400 North Miami Beach

FT. LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla.— Approximately 400 underserved elementary school students in the North Miami Beach area will receive free preventive dental services from Nova Southeastern University.

NSU’s College of Dental Medicine (NSU-CDM) recently announced that it will use a $58,141 grant from the Dr. John. T. Macdonald Foundation Inc. to provide dental services such as cleanings, fluoride application, sealants and oral hygiene instruction to the students of three participating elementary schools in North Miami Beach beginning in January 2010.

Many of these schoolchildren are at risk for dental caries or tooth decay. This condition affects low-income and disadvantaged children significantly more than their affluent cohorts. More than 50 percent of children without health insurance had not seen a dentist in the past year and more than one in five needed dental care but did not receive it for financial reasons, according to NSU’s College of Dental Medicine.

More: http://www.nova.edu

Dental Sealants Protect Kids From Cavities

Dental sealants can be a great way help prevent kids from getting cavities. And it’s an easy and pain-free procedure.

If you don’t have insurance, Minnesota volunteer dentists will provide free dental care to less fortunate children in early February.

Just call 211 to schedule an appointment.

More: http://wcco.com

Free toothbrushes at the airport

Of course, if you’re going to snack on free popcorn and free cookies at the airport, your dentist would probably like it if you took a moment to brush your teeth. They’ve made that task easy to take care of at Outagamie County Regional Airport in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Airport marketing manager Kim Sippola says airport officials occasionally stand in the terminal watching passengers just to see what they need. “We noticed that many business travelers would get off the plane, go into the bathroom, and search through their bags for a toothbrush because they were going right from the airport to a meeting. So we thought we’d reduce some stress for our customers by providing them with toothbrushes.”

The airport now stocks the post-security bathrooms with pocket-size oral hygiene kits that contain mouthwash, dental floss and a toothbrush with a single-serving of toothpaste. The kits are provided by a local dentist and since October 2009 more than 2,500 travelers have been able to freshen-up for free.

More: http://www.usatoday.com

Free H1N1 vaccine at Roslindale Medical and Dental Center

A free H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine clinic will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Faulkner Hospital, third floor, Huvos Auditorium, 1153 Centre St., Jamaica Plain.

Also the Greater Roslindale Medical and Dental Center will offer free H1N1 vaccines at the health center located at 4199 Washington St., Roslindale, to the public ages six-months and older: Wed., Jan. 20 from 2-5 p.m. and Wed., Jan. 27 from 2-5 p.m. No appointment is necessary.

More: http://www.wickedlocal.com

Children can receive free dental care from local dentists on Feb. 5

Friday, Feb. 5 will mark the seventh year of Give Kids A Smile! (GKAS) National Children’s Dental Access Day. The New Jersey Dental Association has been a participating state since the program’s inception in 2003. Since then, more than 13,000 children age 12 and under have come through the program and have received nearly $2.4 million in free dental services at more than 80 locations across the state. And, the program continues to grow

More: http://www.northjersey.com