Community Clinics Offer Free Dental Care to San Diego Kids
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An bid between San Diego County and village clinics will yield giveaway dental caring to internal children, it was announced Tuesday.
The County’s Dental Health Initiative/Share a Care program, a San Diego Dental Health Foundation and 6 village dental clinics will be providing giveaway dental sealants and fluoride polish to low-income children ages 1 to 18 years that have no dental resources on Saturday, Feb. 27, from 9 a.m. to noon.
“The cost of sealants and fluoride polish is infrequently restricted for some families, though it’s such a outrageous medicine magnitude in shortening cavities and safeguarding their teeth,” pronounced Kym Hodge, Dental Health Initiative/Share a Care module manager.
Depending on their age, children will also accept fluoride varnish, a special fluoride cloaking embellished on all teeth; or dental sealants, a special cloaking embellished on a nipping surfaces of a behind teeth. Both dental sealants and fluoride polish are protected and painless ways to strengthen teeth and assistance forestall cavities.
Many children do not have a unchanging dentist and do not accept slight dental caring and impediment services.
“Both dental sealants and fluoride polish are protected and painless ways to strengthen teeth and assistance forestall cavities,” pronounced Hodge. “It’s also a wish that this eventuality will deliver families to internal professionals who can yield unchanging dental exams and treatments for their children.”
Families can call 619-692-8858 to report an appointment for a plcae nearest them. Children with appointments will be given priority, though walk-ins are welcome.
The 6 locations for a eventuality are:
Vista Community Clinic: Vale Terrace
1000 Vale Terrace Dr.
Vista, CA 92084
Neighborhood Healthcare
Ray M. Dickinson Wellness Center
425 N Date St., Ste 129
Escondido, CA 92025
San Ysidro Chula Vista Medical Plaza
678 Third Ave.
Chula Vista, CA 91910
Operation Samahan Mira Mesa Clinic
10737 Camino Ruiz
Suite 138
San Diego, CA 92126
Operation Samahan Community Health Center
2835 Highland Ave.
Suite A
National City, CA 91950
Grossmont/Spring Valley Family Health Center
8788 Jamacha Rd.
Spring Valley, CA 91977
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