Free Dental Care Offered
POSTED: Saturday, May 16, 2009
UPDATED: 11:20 am EDT May 16,
2009
DETROIT -- Free dental care is being offered Saturday in Detroit.
The Michigan Department of Community Health is hosting the Michigan Day of Oral Health Outreach from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the University of Detroit Mercy School Of Dentistry.
The school at 2700 Martin Luther King Drive in Detroit.
The clinic will provide free dental care and oral health education for adults in need of emergency services.
Around 400 volunteers will be on site to provide free basic dental services such as fillings, extractions and minor denture repair to low-income adults on a first-come first-serve basis.
Approximately $250,000 in free dental care is expected to be delivered at the event.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm called for the Michigan Day of Oral Health Outreach in her 2009 State of the State address to mobilize volunteer dentists, hygienists and other health professionals to provide free access to dental care services and oral health care education and prevention services to low-income, uninsured and underinsured adults with immediate dental care needs.
Granholm is expected to visit the event to thank volunteers.
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