Low-Cost Dental Healthcare

 HEALTHY SMILE, HEALTHY BODY

The Florida Dental Association has organized 213 dental practices which will provide free or low cost care. To find more information about this program, visit the Smile Florida Organization web site*.

If you meet certain requirements and fall below a certain level of income, you may be eligible for these low cost dental services.  To locate a low cost provider that meets your needs, click here to access the 2010 Dental Care Resource Guide and dental providers by county.

The links below will refer qualified applicants with specific needs to providers of free dental work:

• Good Samaritan Health Clinic of Pasco Inc.

• Dentistry from the Heart (each February)

* Provided by the Florida Department of Children and Families.

Give Kids a Smile Program

The Give Kids a Smile Program is an annual program design to provide dental care to low-income children.  It's the sixth annual project by the Pasco-Hernando Community College dental program and volunteer dentists and hygienists from the community.  Families must meet income criteria (200% of the U.S. Poverty Rate or below, to see the Poverty rates, click here), and children must be ages 6 to 17.

You must pre-qualify, in person, between 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM on one of the following dates:

•     Tuesday, January 19
•     Tuesday, January 26
•     Thursday, January 14
•     Thursday, January 21
•     Thursday, January 28
•     Tuesday, February 2
•     Thursday, February 4

On Friday, February 12, prequalified children will be seen for a screening, X-rays, a cleaning and sealants if needed.
On Friday, February 26, children may receive follow-up care such as fillings and extractions if needed.

Location: 
Pasco-Hernando Community College

10230 Ridge Road, M-144
New Port Richey, Florida

Give Kids A Smile!^® at PHCC is sponsored by the American Dental Association, Pasco-Hernando Dental Hygienists Association, West Pasco Dental Association, and Pasco-Hernando Community College