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The Application Process:
If you know someone appropriate for Donated Dental Services you must first call and request an application.
1-800-932-8247
When you receive the application your patient must complete it and return it as soon as possible. They will be expected to provide medical, dental, disability, financial, and other personal information used to determine their eligibility for the DDS program.
There are two DDS Referral Coordinators who screen applicants according to health and income guidelines.
  
Patients must be:
* Disabled, elderly, or medically compromised and unable to afford comprehensive dental care
* And have severe dental need. Patients are not referred for check ups or teeth cleaning or any other routine care alone.
 
If accepted the patient will be placed on the waiting list for their area. We do have a long waiting list at this time so please be patient. All of our providers are volunteers and we work at their pace.
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Once the patients application comes to the top of the waiting list for their area, the Referral Coordinators will attempt to match them with a volunteer dentist.
Dentists will see the prospective patient for a consultation and then decide whether or not to accept the patient for donated treatment.
If the dentist feels that the referral is appropriate for DDS services, a treatment plan is devised and dentist will then begin treating the patient.
The DDS Referral Coordinator will keep in constant contact with the dentists office, assisting them in anyway needed throughout the patients treatment. The DDS Referral Coordinator will assist the dentist in finding specialists as needed for the patient. And will also contact a dental laboratory for donated prosthetics if necessary.
The goal is to eliminate any out of pocket expense or office time for the dentist donating their time.
Once treatment is complete the DDS Referral Coordinator receives information from the dentist's offices and laboratories that provided services to the patient through the DDS program.
Participating dentists and dental laboratories also receive engraved plaques in appreciation for their support.
Thank you for your interest in the DDS program.
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