Delta Dental Truck Coming to Deadwood Elementary School May 1-5, 2023; Mobile Program Provides Dental Care to Kids in Need
Lead-Deadwood – Delta Dental’s mobile dental truck is coming to Deadwood Elementary on May 1-5,2023.
Lead Kiwanis is hosting the truck to care for children who can’t afford or access a dentist because of cost, lack of insurance, transportation, or other reasons. All children up to age 21 are eligible.
Registration in advance is needed, and a patient consent and information form must be completed and returned to the front office staff at any Lead-Deadwood School by April 21st. Visit https://5il.co/1r20i to print registration or contact Darcy Percy, RN at 605-717-3884 to have a registration packet sent home with your student.
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. Please visit https
://5il.co/1r1ce to view the HIPPA notice of privacy practice information.
Oral health education is also provided to patients so they can continue to care for their teeth after the visit.
Children from their 1st 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 Lead-Deadwood School District, Lead Kiwanis, 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 86 communities throughout South Dakota and provided more than $28 million in dental care since the program began in 2004.