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Mobile Unit Offers Free Dental Care

Dental hygienist Marilyn Hardy leaned over her latest patient, 9-year-old Christopher Chandler, cleaning his teeth for free.

The free dental van was parked at Townsend Park North Elementary School four days this week and will return Monday.

The van usually services children ages 5-12 and focuses on teaching kids who have never been to a dentist how to properly dental care for their pearly whites.

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Families line up for free braces. Dental school offers to fix kids’ teeth

Parents like Tamika Porter brought their children Friday to the University of Detroit Mercy Dental School for free dental screenings.

Porter was the first in a line of about 1,000 parents and children at the dental school on Friday, vying for 60 sets of free braces in a pediatric dental screening event. Sixty pairs of braces barely scrape the need, said Dr. Richard Kulbersh, orthodontics program director at UDM Dental School.

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Youths can receive free dental, vision screenings

The Boys & Girls Club Health Service Center will conduct dental screenings during the summer for youths ages 5 to 18.

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Local dentists honored for giving kids a smile for free

Oral Health Bridgeport Initiative (ORBIT) has honored 45 local dentists from the Bridgeport Dental Association for providing free dental care valued at more $139,000.

The dentists participated in 2009 Give Kids a Smile Day, caring for 323 uninsured children from Bridgeport and Stratford.

At a recent meeting, each participating dentist was presented with a collage of the dentists who had donated their services.

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Program offers Oklahoma City homeless free primary dental and health care

Oklahoma City’s homeless now can receive free dental care and medical treatment after regular business hours.

The University of Oklahoma Community Health Alliance, started by 10 medical students, is providing an evening clinic from 5 to 9 p.m. every Monday at City Rescue Mission’s social services center, 800 W California Ave., as part of the Bridges to Access Project.

“The help is down here and it’s free — I’ve received dental work after falling through a ceiling at work and then I received my medicine through volunteer medical students, coming down on their own time,” said Kerry, coming into the clinic Monday because of recent seizures. “I feel 100 percent better. They’ve helped me through whatever I need.”

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