Free Dental Care Watch, July 2008
Free medical clinic comes to Pikeville
PIKEVILLE — Timmy Yuhas needed eyeglasses and help for his teeth. Brenda Fraley came for dental work, a Pap smear and a mammogram. Sheila McCartey hoped to get a partial denture and a tooth pulled. Tamra Rasnick needed glasses because she can’t drive without them. Pauline Rife needed pain relief: She wanted her teeth pulled, as many as they would take.
None of them has enough insurance or enough money to pay for the medical care they needed on their own. So on Saturday they went to the Remote Area Medical clinic at Pike County Central High School, where volunteer dentists, nurses and doctors were providing free health care.
More: http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/446952.html
Free clinic offers dental services
The Nursing Clinic of Battle Creek announced it has begun providing free dental cleanings and screenings to eligible clients. A hygienist will be on site two days a week during the summer months.
More: http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080701/NEWS01/307010008
Dentists offering free dental care in July
KUSA - Many people in Larimer and surrounding counties are in low income situations and in need of dental care. If you are one of these individuals, the Colorado Dental Association has a way to help.
The Colorado Dental Association Mission of Mercy is a large-scale portable dental clinic that travels around Colorado once a year providing dental treatment at no charge to children, adults and the elderly.
More: http://www.9news.com/money/consumer/article.aspx?storyid=94894&catid=103
Dental care for poor gets less use
BISMARCK — Lawmakers voted last year to pay North Dakota dentists more for serving people on the low-income Medicaid health care system.
Their hope was that more dentists would agree to take Medicaid patients and then more people would get care. The rates for dentists went up July 1, 2007.
Healthy Smiles free dental clinic a huge success
Over a thousand patients were treated by area dentists and dental hygienists who volunteered at a free dental clinic held at Hedgesville High School Friday and Saturday, June 27-28.
Dental students volunteer in undeserved area of Kentucky
Poor dental health is a frequent problem in rural Kentucky. Lack of dental insurance, a shortage of dentists, nonfluoridated water supplies,tobacco use and smoking are among the contributing factors.
About 60 dental and dental hygiene students, more than a dozen faculty and some alumni from the University of Louisville School of Dentistry spent June 28-29 in Pikeville, Ky., an underserved area. They provided free dental care to people who otherwise could not afford dental treatment.
More: http://php.louisville.edu/news/news.php?news=1185
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