Free Dental Clinics to Offer Services for Adults Without Insurance

Free Dental Work Report — Dentists to offer free dental services. Free dental exams for JPS students. Free dental clinic opens at Welcome Hall Mission. Free dental hygiene care offered. Summit Dentist Offers Free Emergency Treatment Saturday. Free dental care courtesy of Smiles Dental.

Dentists to offer free dental services

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Several Cookeville area dentists will be offering free dental care Friday to those in need. Services provided include routine x-rays, simple fillings, simple extractions, polishes and fluoride treatment. The free service is for those who are not otherwise able to receive dental care. Care will be given on a first come, first serve basis from 8 a.m. until 12 Noon on Friday.

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Free dental exams for JPS students

JACKSON, MS (WLBT) – Hundreds of Jackson Public School students traded their classroom chairs in for the dental seat. Today marks the American Dental Associations “National Give Kids A Smile” day.

Here in Jackson, more than 1,000 pre-k through fifth graders received free dental exams. The cleanings were done by students at the University of Mississippi’s Medical Center School of Dentistry.

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Free dental clinic opens at Welcome Hall Mission

MONTREAL — A free dental clinic for the poor and homeless is now open inside the Welcome Hall Mission in St-Henri. The Jim Lund Clinic, named after the former dean of McGill’s School of Dentistry, aims to bring healthy smiles to the faces of those who have been unable to afford adequate care. The permanent 1,000-square-foot clinic has two dental chairs, aims to serve hundreds of clients each year, and already has a waiting list.

McGill’s School of Dentistry has long provided people with free dental care, usually helping out students, low-income families, and the homeless. The new clinic will also see dental students and residents providing treatment, along with a dental assistant.

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Free dental hygiene care offered

That’s why a local dental hygienist is joining dozens of colleagues across the province this weekend in providing free oral care services to the public in the spirit of Valentine’s Day. Registered dental hygienist Judy Ganis from Judy Dental Hygiene Care, located at 5112 New St., will be accepting patients on a first come, first serve basis this Saturday (Feb. 12) from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

In addition to the free oral care services, Judy Dental Hygiene Care will also be offering oral cancer screening and oral hygiene instruction for those who line-up. For more information, call 905-599-4867.

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Summit Dentist Offers Free Emergency Treatment Saturday

SUMMIT — Summit dentist Dr. Raynard Riley is helping area residents by giving free emergency dental treatments on Saturday, Feb. 12, at his office, Patient First Dentistry of Summit, located at 475 Springfield Avenue, Suite 210 between the hours of 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.

The Emergency Dental Treatment Day is designed to treat anyone (adult or child) for free who cannot afford dentistry.

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Free dental care courtesy of Smiles Dental

Paul Cutbirth gets his tooth filled by Dr. Jeromy Dixson and Nicole Pype of Smiles Dental on Friday during the dental office’s “Doctor with a Heart Day.” Doctors treated 50 patients as part of the event, which offered free treatment for people who otherwise couldn’t afford dental care.

Dixson, who owns Smiles Dental, estimates the Longview office donated about $27,000 worth of treatment Friday and that the four Smiles locations in Southwest Washington combined to donate about $50,000 worth of care.

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