Donated Dentistry / Volunteerism Stats
The dental profession has an exemplary record of helping those in need. In recent ADA surveys, dentists have reported providing more than $1 billion each year to the nation in free and discounted care to needy patients.
State and local dental associations, like MDDS, other groups and individual dentists will continue working to deliver care to those with the greatest needs. But in the end, charity alone will not eliminate the disparities in access to care. State and federal governments must join organized dentistry in attempting to make good oral health and oral health care a reality for all Americans.
*Metro-area dentists alone donate, on average, over $13,365,000* ($8,912 per dentist) of dental care per year to the Colorado and world communities. If you include all the discounted services Metro-area dentists offer to those in need, the number jumps to $45,000,000* (or $30,000 per dentist).
*based on breakdown of 2000 American Dental Association statistics on volunteerism
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