Dental Care: Dental Care For Low Income

The Jacksonville Dental Society will provide free dental care to about area 100 low-income youth as part of the Give Kids A Smile initiative. Screenings will be held 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 16 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Over the past few years many individuals and organizations in Clark County have collaborated to tackle a serious, often overlooked health problem in our community: a lack of dental care for low-income adults. The hard work of local leaders, combined with “Our government will ensure that no child will lose access to preventive dental services that they are currently eligible to receive,” an email from Health Minister Eric Hoskins’ office stated. NDP MPP France Gélinas earlier in the day warned that BARRE — In a move to help fill a gap in an evolving health care system, a local free clinic has turned its attention to teeth. Thanks to the generosity of a longtime supporter, the People’s Health & Wellness Clinic on North Main Street is preparing to More than a thousand dental professionals will be in Pueblo Friday and Saturday to offer free dental treatment for low-income and dentally uninsured individuals. The clinic, operated by the Colorado Mission "Access to dental care is a huge problem The two Janesville hospitals together saw about 700 patient visits in their emergency rooms for pain and problems related to dental issues last year. That's one result of a problem that doesn't seem to be getting much better: Scant progress has been made .

Funds help expand low-income dental care Delta Dental awarded over $120,000 to area organizations providing dental care to poor. Check out this story on greenbaypressgazette.com: gbpg.net/16Kqhdk Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) and U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) have one thing in common and a strong bond: a desire to improve dental health and especially the dental health of underserved, low-income Americans movement to deliver care now to people Now a study from the Pew Charitable Trusts finds that California is among the 10 states where low-income children are least likely to receive dental care. Almost 60 percent of children with Medi-Cal did not receive any dental care in 2011, said co-author NEOGA — Austin Shupe displayed the blond hair, blue eyes and soft features common among 2-year-olds. Only his smile contradicted his age: Austin’s grin bore a closer resemblance to the sneer of an octagenarian chain smoker with an intolerance for .