DENTAL LIFELINE NETWORK
Donated Dental Services Program
Are you willing to see one patient in your office through the Pennsylvania Donated Dental Services ( DDS ) Program ?
Dental Lifeline Network , a strategic partner of the ADA , has been operating the Donated Dental Services ( DDS ) Program nationally since 1985 and in Pennsylvania with the support of the Pennsylvania Dental Association since 1996 .
There are 280 patients waiting for care who live in Pennsylvania . General Dentists and specialists , especially oral surgeons and periodontists , are needed statewide , particularly in the following counties : Adams , Bedford , Berks , Blair , Bucks , Butler , Carbon , Clarion , Clearfield , Crawford , Dauphin , Erie , Franklin , Lehigh , Mifflin , Monroe , Montgomery , Northhampton , Philadelphia , Pike , Schuylkill , Somerset , Washington , Wayne and Westmoreland .
Can you please help ?
• Pre-screened patients are treated in your office
• You determine the treatment plan .
• Coordinators work with specialists and the labs
• You don ’ t pay for lab expenses .
• Very little paper work is required
It is easy to volunteer – go to www . DentalLifeline . org and click on Volunteer or go to www . WillYouSeeOne . org . Additional information about the program is available . Just see one patient for a consult and you decide if you want to continue .
MARCH / APRIL 2021 | PENNSYLVANIA DENTAL JOURNAL 21