Dental Students and Dentists Offer Free Dental Services For Kids and Adults
February 20th, 2009
Kansas Mission of Mercy offers free dental care today, Saturday
The Kansas Mission of Mercy will provide free dental care today and Saturday at the U.S. National Guard Armory located east of Manhattan on U.S. Highway 24.
Doors will open at 5:30 a.m. both days and patients are seen on a first come, first serve basis. There are no eligibility or income requirements to receive dental care, and appointments are not needed. Children and adults will be able to have cleanings, fillings and extractions performed.
The armory will house 72 dental-operation stations. The event is expected to provide about $1 million in free dental care to about 2,000 people, according to the Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation, the event’s organizers.
“Since we began this effort in 2003, we have treated nearly 15,000 patients with services valued at $6.4 million,” said Gregg Hill, executive director of the Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation, in a video message to volunteers. “What you will see in Manhattan is very unique and we are very excited about it.”
About 800 volunteers will work at the Mission of Mercy Clinic throughout the two-day event. The event will be the eighth annual Kansas Mission of Mercy Clinic since it was created by the Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation.
Dentistry students help kids in need
Students from the Ohio State College of Dentistry teamed up with the Ohio Dental Association to provide free dental services to children at Broadleigh Elementary School Thursday as part of the seventh annual Give Kids A Smile program.
At Broadleigh, children in kindergarten through second grade received a visual screening, oral care products, fluoride varnish and educational materials to promote good oral health.
This is the second year the dental students organized the event separate from the College of Dentistry and Columbus Dental Society, which partner to provide free dental screenings and fluoride varnish to hundreds of Columbus Head Start children.
Head Start is a government program that provides educational assistance to low-income children.
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Proper Dental Coverage for Kids
When it comes to dental health of children, parents would try to do their best in protecting and giving them the best care possible. Thus, it would not be a wonder whenever insurance agents approach parents to offer health insurance coverage; the first usual questions would be if the insurance has dental care for their kids. Dental care for kids would be an important part of parents need for insurance because they are aware of the soaring cost of dental care for children.
For parents who may not be able to afford insurance coverage but would just like to see to it that they can have the needed dental care for their kids, nearly all state has a free program that will insure your kids to be covered by a dental health insurance program. If you are interested to know more about this, you can visit your city dental health office and them about this free program.
However, this program will require you to submit pertinent information Since this program is designed by the government to help the low income group in making sure that the dental care of their children are protected by a free insurance coverage, it is needed that a proper presentation of your yearly income has to be submitted to make sure that only the low income families will receive these benefits.
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