Needy to Receive Free Dental Services

Free Dental Services Report — Medical volunteers work to provide free services. Smiles amid the chaos. ‘Dentistry from the Heart’ is Friday. Students assist with free dental clinic. Mobile Dental Office Treats Uninsured In Cambria County.

Medical volunteers work to provide free services

This week, thousands of people will head to the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena to take advantage of free medical and dental services. The Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps is organizing the clinic in L.A for a second time. To get in, you will need a wristband. Organizers passed out about 6,000 on Sunday. A few, like 72-year-old Cora Russell, tried their luck after arriving too late. Cora arrived in her motor-operated wheelchair to get a wristband that would get free medical, dental or vision services. She needs her dentures fixed and Medicare won’t pay for it.

More: http://www.scpr.org

Smiles amid the chaos

Dental providers spend a day at a mega-clinic providing free care to people in need. They savor the smiles of their post-treatment patients.

So when dental hygienist P.J. Attebery showed up with her planers and curettes at a free medical clinic in the Forum last year, she was prepared for the crowds, the questions, the chaos. But she wasn’t prepared for the gratitude.

The free dental clinic was sponsored by Remote Area Medical, a foundation begun 25 years ago to bring medical care to Third World countries, and now making the rounds of the nation’s big cities.

Last August, during its first visit to Los Angeles, almost 7,000 would-be patients crowded the Forum parking lot. Organizers were unprepared for the crush; hundreds of people were turned away.

More: http://www.latimes.com

‘Dentistry from the Heart’ is Friday

A Pace dentist office is participating in a ‘Dentistry From the Heart’ event Friday. Patients 18 years and older are eligible to receive free fillings, extractions and cleanings on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Dentistry From the Heart is a national nonprofit organization that aims to aid those in need, including those without adequate health insurance.

More: http://www.pnj.com

Students assist with free dental clinic

Students with the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s pre-dental program will assist local and regional dental professionals in a North Carolina Missions of Mercy dental clinic 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. April 30 and May 1 at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, 1401 S. College Road.

The clinic will provide free dental cleanings, fillings and extractions to children and adults in need, those who have no dental insurance and whose family income falls 200 percent or more below the National Poverty Index. Registration and initial examinations of the patients begins at the church at 6 a.m. both days and patients will be served on a first come, first serve basis.

More: http://www.starnewsonline.com

Mobile Dental Office Treats Uninsured In Cambria County

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — In light of an earlier report that Pennsylvania is failing when it comes to dental care for children, a local grant will now be able to help provide that care to local kids and their families.

Lee Initiatives gave the Johnstown Free Medical Clinic a $30,000 grant. With dentist Dr. John Ridella lending a hand, the clinic is setting up a new mobile dental unit that will travel all over Cambria County.

“It’s basically a dental office you can drive, park and go to work,” Ridella said. The free service will go to people who need it the most, he said.

More: http://www.wjactv.com