BROOKINGS – Delta Dental’s mobile dental truck is coming to Brookings for its fourth and final 2017 visit from Oct. 30-Nov. 3.
Brookings Area United Way is hosting the truck at Dakota Prairie Elementary to care for children who can’t afford or access a dentist because of cost, lack of insurance, transportation or other reasons.
Registration in advance is needed, and a patient consent and information form must be completed. Contact the Helpline Center by dialing 2-1-1 for more information. The van will be back in Brookings in January 2018.
A full range of dental care is available, including exams, cleanings, preventive treatments and cavity fillings. Services are provided at no cost to the child or family. No insurance is necessary.
Oral health education is also provided to patients so they can continue to care for their teeth after the visit. Children from their first tooth through age 21 are eligible if they have not seen an area dentist in two years or live more than 85 miles from the nearest dentist.
The mobile dental truck’s visit is a partnership between the Brookings School District, Brookings Area United Way and Delta Dental of South Dakota.
The Delta Dental Mobile Program provides oral health services to underserved children. The program includes two mobile dental trucks that travel across the state. The trucks have been in 81 communities throughout South Dakota and provided more than $17 million in dental care since the program began in 2004.
