Domestic Access to Care: Because No Act of Kindness Is Ever Wasted
TEXAS The Grace Center Texas provides free comprehensive dental care to patients at or below the federal poverty level who do not have, or are not eligible for, private or state funded dental insurance. Dr. Kayla Tavares Tio has been the sole endodontist volunteer since 2019. As The Grace Center Texas patient population grows, this grant will provide more endodontic instruments and supplies to continue serving these patients. Dr. Tavares Tio will lead this project.
Thank you, Specialized Dental Partners, for your heartfelt support of this crucial program!
Photo credit: Matthew D’Agostino/UMB
CALIFORNIA Smile Unto Him is the only brick- and-mortar, free dental clinic in Riverside County, CA, providing free dental treatment to veterans and seniors whose income is 200% or less of federal poverty guidelines. Patients receive a comprehensive dental evaluation, treatment planning and treatment completion. The patients return for routine hygiene, to maintain oral health, and improved quality of life. Since 2019, the clinic has provided more than $1 million in free dental care. Dr. Sue Suh, president of Smile Unto Him, leads this project.
TEXAS The faculty and residents at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA) Department of Endodontics have established a partnership with the San Antonio Christian Dental Clinic (SACDC) for an annual day of charitable endodontic service. SACDC provides affordable, accessible dental care to underserved and homeless Bexar County adults living at or below 150% of the federal poverty line, with over 50% of them identifying as unhoused. This grant will allow the graduate endodontics department to participate in a much-needed service project. Dr. Nikita Ruparel, program director at UTHSCSA, will lead this program.
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