June 2016 - Dental Lifeline Network – New York (DLN) through its Donated Dental Services (DDS) program has helped nearly 1,400 vulnerable people with disabilities or who are elderly or medically fragile and have no other way to get dental treatment. Since 2003, these individuals have received almost $8 million in comprehensive care from a volunteer network that has grown to 611 dentists and 140 dental laboratories. The New York DDS program is one of 43 DDS programs nationwide that this fiscal year will generate $24.5 million in free dental care. Collectively since 1985, 110,000 people across the country have accessed almost $325 million in free dental services through the DDS program.
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About Donated Dental Services
The Donated Dental Services (DDS) program is a
collaborative, direct way that the dental profession reaches out to individuals
with special needs.Because of the extraordinary compassion of over 13,000
dentists and 3,000 dental laboratories across the country, DDS tends to the
essential and comprehensive dental care needs of our nations most vulnerable
people; disabled, elderly or medically-compromised individuals who cannot
afford necessary treatment nor get public aid. DDS patients have slipped
through the cracks of Medicaid and Medicare programs with nowhere else to turn.
Participation could not be easier. Dentists and labs take care of the patients,
DDS does everything else; no headaches, no red tape. DDS Coordinator is the liaison between the
patient, the labs and the dentists, answering any and all questions, assisting
the patient, the lab and the dentist with anything and everything. The goal of
DDS is to return patients to good oral health, enabling them to reach an
affordable maintenance level.
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A Special Message from Gordon Christensen, DDS, MSD, PhD
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New York State Dental Foundation20 Corporate Woods Blvd. #602
Albany, New York 12211 Phone: 800-255-2100 Fax: 518-465-3219 |
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