Clinics to Provide Free Dental Services for Students and Uninsured

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Jackson students get free dental check-ups

JACKSON, MS (WLBT) – There were some tears but mostly, there were smiles Wednesday morning as kids like 10-year-old Kenedy Guidry got a dental check-up for the first time in years.

But the Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures van is changing that. The van, designed to be a mobile dentist’s office, travels around the country, giving children free dental exams. It stopped at Smith Elementary Tuesday and Brown Elementary Wednesday.

Dentists from the University of Mississippi Medical Center performed the exams. For some kids, it was their first time seeing a dentist. Some said they don’t own a toothbrush.

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Oral health initiative provides free dental services to students

The Northeast Colorado Health Department has partnered with the Centennial Area Health Education Center to help provide free dental services to local school children.

The Eastern Plains Oral Health Initiative is a school-based oral health education and prevention program involving local school districts, local public health agencies, local registered dental hygienists, Centennial AHEC and other contributing agencies, whose goal is to improve the oral health of uninsured and underinsured children ages three to eight years of age.

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Dental clinic to offer free care for low-income, uninsured residents

Douglas County Dental Clinic will be offering free dental care on Friday, Sept. 25, for 60 low-income Douglas County residents who don’t have health insurance.

The event will be on a first-come, first-served basis, and screenings will be begin at 6:30 a.m. at the clinic, 316 Maine.

The clinic has volunteers who will provide examinations, cleanings, fillings and extractions.

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