Dentist for the Disabled and Elderly in Need of Treatment, Inc.
3000 United Founders Blvd., Ste. 131
Oklahoma City, OK
United States
Dentist for the Disabled and Elderly in Need of Treatment, Inc. (D-DENT) is a statewide organization in Oklahoma that connects low-income, uninsured seniors, veterans, IDD adults and those with life threatening illnesses access to free dental services that are provided by their volunteer dental professionals, a database of over 500 individuals.
Annually, D-DENT provides complete restorative oral care to 500 - 600 individuals, statewide. In 38 years, D-DENT has helped over 19,000 people with a donated dental value that exceeds $29 million dollars. The costs associated with programs are 85% operational and 15% restorative lab fees. The lab fees are incurred when dentures, partials, crowns, or root canals are required. Those costs are covered by grants.
D-DENT has increased the number of Community Dental Days (CDD) from one or two per year to 10 or more a year. Last fiscal year, (July 2023-June 2024) D-DENT provided 11 Community Dental Days statewide. As of today, D-DENT has 6 CDD's scheduled through December 2024 including one in Southeastern Oklahoma and two in Southwestern Oklahoma. D-DENT is actively pursuing partnerships that will allow them to conduct CDD's in the remaining two regions of the state by early spring.
Funding is requested to help support a Community Dental Day in rural Oklahoma. The requested amount is less than 1% of the organization’s overall operating budget.