Wisconsin Oral Health Program: Donated
Dental Services Program
Donated
Dental Services (DDS) is a Wisconsin Dental Association program. The program is directed to people who are unable to afford needed
dental care because of a limited income which is clearly linked to a
permanent disability, chronic illness or advanced age (65 and over).
All the information pertaining to the applicant’s need is based on a
completed application and a phone interview done by the referral
coordinator.
Dentists have agreed to volunteer their services to 1-2 patients a year. Each
volunteer dentist decides for him/herself whether to formally accept a
person based on meeting the person and assessing his or her dental needs.
The referral coordinator is available to help the volunteers with such
matters as a referral to a specialist, and securing donated laboratory
services should a patient need services with lab related needs.
Since
1998, hundreds of participating dentists and dental labs, working through
the coordinated efforts of the DDS program, have provided more than $5
million in free treatment to thousands of patients.
The
Department of Health Services provides some administrative and lab
funding, but all volunteer dentists donate 100 percent of their materials,
staff and services. Delta Dental of Wisconsin and the WDA Insurance
Programs have also contributed financial support.
The
program is affiliated with the WDA Foundation.
For
more information about Donated Dental Services, please contact your county
Department of Aging, Health & Human Services or the following:
Contact
Carol
Shoemaker at 414-755-4188 or 888-338-6852 or cshoemaker@wda.org
if you live in Calumet, Dodge, Door, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Jefferson,
Kenosha, Kewaunee, LaFayette, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Rock,
Sheboygan, Walworth Washington, Waukesha or Winnebago counties.
--OR--
Bonnie Townsend at 866-812-9840 or btownsend@wda.org
if you live in any other Wisconsin
county.
Last Updated: October 23, 2009 |
