Description: SDDF’s Smiles for Kids’ (SFK) program will conduct free dental screenings at area schools (Fall 2011). Uninsured children who are screened as needed urgent care will be referred for free treatment on SFK day 2012 (Saturday, Feb 4th). After SFK day, kids with additional needs will receive free treatment through the Adopt-a-Kid program (Feb–May 2012). Kids with orthodontic needs will be referred to the SFK orthodontic program and 65–75 will be chosen to receive free orthodontic treatment.

Patient Base: Uninsured children within our five-county area in need of urgent dental care
Services provided: Free dental care

Volunteers Needed: Screening doctors (Fall 2011), doctors to “host” an SFK site at their office on SFK day, doctors and staff to work on SFK day, doctors to “adopt” patients for follow-up care after SFK day.

Description: Patterned after SFK, Smiles for BIG Kids (SFBK) began in 2009 and expands to the needs of the uninsured elderly in the community. Recognizing that often times the parents’ dental health and needs are equally as urgent as their children, each year SDDS doctors provide the much needed care to individuals in the form of dentures, restorative treatment and specialty treatment. Still in its early stages of development, this project will, hopefully someday, be as successful as SFK!

Patient Base: Uninsured adults within our five-county area in need of urgent dental care
Services provided: Free dental care

Volunteers Needed: Dentists willing to “adopt” patients for immediate/emergency needs in their office.

Patient Base: High school students at Hiram Johnson HS. We are providing free dental services for the students who face barriers to oral health care. Some of them will not be going to colleges and we want to give them a healthy smile when they graduate from high school and are out job seeking.

Services Provided: Exams, x-rays, cleanings, fluoride varnishes, oral hygiene instruction, simple extractions, simple RCT and composite fillings

Volunteers Needed: Dentists and dental hygienists to volunteer one morning a month, 9 times a year. Once every other month is OK too.

Description: Association of medical and dental professionals concerned about lack of access to care (private, all-volunteer, non-government funded)

Patient Base: Low income workers.

Services Provided: Free preventative medical and non-emergency dental care.

Volunteers Needed: General dentists, specialists, assistants and hygienists.

Also Needed: Dental labs and supply companies to partner with; home hygiene supplies

Description: Social, health and case management services for the homeless population of
South Placer County.

Volunteers Needed: Dentists, dental assistants, hygienists and lab participants for onsite clinic expansion.

Description: A free dental and medical clinic at the Sacramento Salvation Army, run by UC Davis students

Volunteers Needed: Dentists and hygienists (equipment not needed to volunteer)

Equipment Needed: Mobile equipment to loan or donate – currently limited to using the mobile equipment and instruments brought in by Dr. Alex Tomaich and Dr. Dagon Jones

This event is sponsored by the CDA and CDA Foundation, in partnership with Missions of Mercy

Description: CDA Cares, a new event aimed at providing free dental care to Californians in need, will be held May 18-19 in the Modesto Centre Plaza at 1000 L Street in Modesto, Calif. The event is a collaborative effort among CDA, the CDA Foundation and the national charitable organization Mission of Mercy.

At the CDA Cares event, dental professionals will provide patients with free services such as cleanings, fillings, extractions, oral health education and assistance in finding a dental home.

The CDA Foundation, with the help of volunteer dental professionals and hundreds of lay volunteers, will produce the two-day event and rely on Mission of Mercy’s national structure for expertise, equipment and data collection. All the necessary equipment — such as chairs, lights, vacuum systems, sterilization stations and setup — are provided by Mission of Mercy; and supplies are provided, often at little or no cost, by national dental manufacturers.

CDA Cares expects to provide services for more than 1,500 patients over the two-day event. CDA Cares aims to give dentists the freedom to provide care without having to worry about logistics, supplies or scheduling. And because of the way the event is coordinated, there will be no pressure on dentists to complete a certain amount of procedures in one setting.

Volunteers Needed: CDA is recruiting volunteer dentists, dental hygienists, assistants, students, lab technicians, nurses, pharmacists, specialists including oral surgeons, and others who are willing to donate their time and services for CDA Cares. It is estimated that close to 100 dentists each day will be needed.

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Volunteers needed: Dentists to screen Head Start children (flashlight and mirror exam)