Free Dental Clinic

The Minnesota Dental Foundation and the Minnesota Dental Association will be partnering with the North Dakota Dental Foundation and the North Dakota Dental Association to host the fifth-annual Mission of Mercy event in July, 2016.

 

The Minnesota Mission of Mercy (MnMOM) is a dental outreach event focused on providing free dental services to patients facing insurmountable barriers to care.

 

In particular, the MnMOM program focuses on:
 1. Providing free dental care, especially to patients with dental infections and/or pain.
 2. Raising awareness of the barriers to dental care faced by low-income adults and children.
 3. Challenging state policymakers and dental professionals to work together to improve the oral health of all Minnesota residents, particularly those low-income patients who have been promised care by the state.

 

Key Facts

The event takes place on July 22-23, 2016, at Concordia College Memorial Auditorium, 901 8th St. S., Moorhead, MN.

 

1,000+ dental professionals and community volunteers are needed

 

Set up: July 21
Patient treatment: July 22-23
Tear down: July 23 (evening)

 

The goal is to serve 2,000 patients during the two-day event.

 

Patients will be treated on a first-come, first-served basis; hundreds of patients typically line up outside the night before.

 

Dental services provided will include: cleanings, fillings, extractions, root canals in selected teeth, stainless steel crowns for children, and limited lab work (treatment partials).

 

Dental services not provided include: crowns or root canals on molars, implants, full dentures.

 

Oral hygiene education will be provided during the event.

 

Financial donations and in-kind contributions will fully fund the event; it is expected that the event costs will total $215,000 (a complete list of donors can be found on the Mission of Mercy website at www.mnmom.org).

 

Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation is the signature sponsor.