Louisiana
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
Due to lengthy wait lists, applications are ONLY being accepted in the following parishes: East Feliciana, Lafourche, Plaquemines, Rapides, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and St. Mary.
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 parish is closed.
Veterans
If you are a veteran who meets the qualifications above, please apply to the program by clicking the button below. Even if your parish is closed, you may still apply.
VETERANS - APPLY HERE
Click here to download and print an application
Contact
Michelle Aiken, DDS Coordinator225.926.8062
225.208.1226 (fax)
maiken@DentalLifeline.org
Dental Lifeline Network • Louisiana
P.O. Box 7626
Lake Charles, LA 70606
All applications must be submitted through the DDS Coordinator
Donated Dental Services (DDS)
351
Volunteer Dentists in Louisiana
73
Volunteer Laboratories in Louisiana
$10.6M
in Donated Treatment to Patients in Louisiana
5,233
Patients treated in Louisiana since 1987
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
Board of Directors
- Charlie Foy, DDS
President - Kris Rappold, DDS
Vice President - Mohammed Zadeh, DDS
Secretary/Treasurer
- Frank Martello, DDS
Past President
- Steve Brisco, DDS
- William Hall, DDS
- Jennifer Hew
- David J. Hildebrandt, DDS
- Laurie Moeller, DDS
- L. Stephen Ortega, DDS
Sponsors & Funders
- American Dental Partners Foundation
- Children’s Dental Clinic
- E.J. and Marjory B. Ourso Family Foundation
- Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Family Foundation
- Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Brown Foundation
- Louisiana Dental Association Foundation
- Louisiana Dental Association and its Members
- NFL Alumni Association
- Oscar J. Tolmas Charitable Trust
- The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Dawn called after treatment. She was very pleased and happy with everything. We gave her a reason to smile and feel good about herself.
–Dr. Molly Burn (above left), a Louisiana DDS volunteer