Organization: MIAMI COUNTY DENTAL CLINIC
Mission: PROVIDE QUALITY DENTAL CARE AND ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION IN A SAFE, COMPASSIONATE, AND ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENT SERVING LOW-INCOME, UNINSURED, UNDER-INSURED, AND MEDICAID POPULATIONS OF MIAMI COUNTY.
Activities: IN 2019, MCDC PRODUCED THE FOLLOWING: 6,525 PATIENT VISITS 3,553 RESTORATIVE TREATMENTS (FILLINGS) 1,611 HYGIENE TREATMENTS 402 SEALANTS 1,897 EXAMS 134 DENTURES 1,602 EXTRACTIONS 35 ROOT CANALS 118 CROWNS 9 FLIPPERS TRAVELING SMILES, MIAMI COUNTY PORTABLE DENTISTRY, IS AN OUTREACH PROGRAM OF MCDC THAT HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE 2012. IT PROVIDES PREVENTIVE AND RESTORATIVE DENTAL CARE FOR UNDERSERVED AND DISADVANTAGED SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN IN THEIR SCHOOL SETTING. IN 2019, TRAVELING SMILES HAD 444 PATIENTS ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN MIAMI COUNTY OR AT LOCAL NON-PROFITS AND COMMUNITY SITES DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. OVER 91,128.95 IN FREE DENTAL SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO THE UNINSURED PATIENTS SEEN IN OUR TRAVELING SMILES PROGRAM.
NTEE category: Health Care
Secondary category: Voluntary Health Associations & Medical Disciplines