Hawaii

Donated Dental Services (DDS)

Services

• DDS volunteers provide comprehensive treatment to eligible patients
• Volunteers do not provide emergency services

Eligibility

Applicants must lack adequate income to pay for dental care and:

• Have a permanent disability, or
• Are elderly: age 65 or older, or
• Qualify as medically fragile

Kauai and Maui Island are closed to applications due to lengthy wait lists. On the Big Island, applications are ONLY being accepted in the following cities: Honokaa, Kailua-Kona, Kealakekua, Waimea (or Kamuela)* *This does not include applicants with developmental disabilities who are free to apply from any city or island.

If you have documentation from a physician stating that you cannot receive essential medical treatment due to your dental condition you can apply for the program even if your county is closed.

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Veterans

If you are a veteran who meets the qualifications above, please apply to the program by clicking the button below. Even if your county is closed, you may still apply.


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Click here to download and print an application

Contact

Margaret Petrick, DDS Coordinator
888.449.9670
406.443.1546 (fax)
mpetrick@DentalLifeline.org

Dental Lifeline Network • Hawaii
1800 15th Street, Suite 100
Denver, CO 80202

All applications must be submitted through a DDS Coordinator.

Donated Dental Services (DDS)

127

Volunteer Dentists in Hawaii

29

Volunteer Laboratories in Hawaii

$2.6

in Donated Treatment to Patients in Hawaii

556

Patients treated in Hawaii since 2002

Volunteers Needed

Please volunteer! We need general dentists, specialists and labs willing to donate their skills and time, and the funding to make more treatment possible. More Information

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Board of Directors

  • Rohinton J. Patel, DMD
    President
  • Andrew W.L. Tseu, DDS
    Vice President
  • Kerry Ishihara, DDS
    Secretary/Treasurer
  • Melvin Choy, DDS
    Past President
  • Andrew Choy, DDS
  • Mitchell Chun, DMD
  • Carey Lee
  • Amanda Lien
  • Nolan Pacrem
  • Holly Shea
  • Stephen Shoultz, DDS
  • Andrew W.L. Tseu, DDS, JD
  • Paul Yoo, DDS

Sponsors & Funders

I hadn’t been to a dentist for years and years, but they really made me feel comfortable. Dr. Patel was very gentle and patient. He is a really great doctor

–Judith (center), a Hawaii DDS patient