Veterans eligible without cost dental care as a part of Operation Stand Down
Eligible veterans will probably be certified without cost dental therapy on Veterans Day, Nov. 10, as a part of a brand new initiative often known as Operation Stand Down.
Delta Dental of Arkansas, the state’s largest dental insurance coverage community, is supporting the occasion and has a number of board members and executives lined as much as assist.
Provided for the primary time in Arkansas, Operation Stand Down was launched in 2012 by Dr. Daniel Fridh of La Porte, Ind. A training dentist and Air Power veteran, he sought to plan a scalable resolution to the poor oral well being he noticed amongst many fellow service members and their households. He started providing a delegated day of free dental care to his ex-military sufferers and inspired fellow dentists to do likewise. Since then, Operation Stand Down has grown right into a multi-state undertaking.
In Arkansas, Operation Stand Down will probably be hosted on November 10, Veteran’s Day, by the Arkansas Worldwide School of Dentistry and coordinated by the Arkansas Division of Veterans Affairs at six areas: Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Jonesboro, Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Arkadelphia. Among the many taking part volunteer dentists will probably be
· Thomas Redd, DDS, MS, VP, Skilled Relations, Delta Dental of Arkansas
· Niki Carter, DMD, MPH, Dental Director & Supervisor, Skilled Relations, Delta Dental of Arkansas
· Mark Bailey, DDS, of Waldron, board member, Delta Dental of Arkansas
· Troy Bartels, DDS, of Jonesboro, board member, Delta Dental of Arkansas
· Ned Alley, DDS, of Little Rock, board member, Delta Dental of Arkansas
Drs. Bailey, Bartels and Alley have donated their clinics as websites.
To obtain therapy, veterans should current discharge papers or a DD214 and pre-register by contacting Gina Chandler of the Arkansas Division of Veterans Affairs at [email protected] or 501-682-6487.
