Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Give Kids a Smile Dental Care

Free Dental Care for Children

Dear Parent,

On February 6, 2009, the Indiana Dental Association, in partnership with the American Dental Association, will host the 7th annual Give Kids a Smile Day. Dentists across the state are opening their offices to donate dental care to children from low-income families.

To participate in Give Kids a Smile, the child must meet the following requirements:
>> The child must be 16 years old or under.
>> The student must not have access to dental insurance and be unable to afford regular dental care, OR if the child has Medicaid, the family must not have a dental provider.

If your child is in need of dental care and meets the requirements mentioned above, please follow the directions below. This is a one-day only event. Appointments are required because many offices cannot accept walk-in patients.

Scheduling an appointment for Give Kids a Smile is as easy as 1, 2, 3
1. Call (800) 680-9302 and an operator will confirm your eligibility, and take the following information to provide to a volunteer Give Kids a Smile dental office:
• Name
• Phone number
• City where you live
• Number of children who need treatment
2. A local dental office will call you to set up the appointment time.
3. Show up at the scheduled appointment time. Appointments are on a first-come first-served basis and cannot be rescheduled.

Sincerely,
The Indiana Dental Association

1 comment:

kelly said...

I signed up for this back at the end of October for my 7 yr old son. Now it is Jan. 22 and I have never received a call for an appt. I called twice to let them know no one has contacted me and still nothing. It looks like my son obviously won't be getting an appt. It is wonderful they are offering this program, but seeing as how I called the same day the paper came home from school I would have expected to have gotten an appt.