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: Ascension, Caddo, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana

If you are a military veteran, who still meets our eligibility guidelines, you may still apply to the program even if your parish is closed.

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.

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Click here to download and print an application

Contact

Stacy Varouh, DDS Coordinator
225.926.8062
303.534.5290 (fax)
svarouh@DentalLifeline.org

Dental Lifeline Network • Louisiana
P.O. Box 82464
Baton Rouge, LA 70884

All applications must be submitted through the DDS Coordinator

Donated Dental Services (DDS)

351

Volunteer Dentists in Louisiana

72

Volunteer Laboratories in Louisiana

$10.6M

in Donated Treatment to Patients in Louisiana

5,222

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

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Board of Directors

  • Frank Martello, DDS
    President
  • Mike Nolan, DDS
    Vice President
  • Lawrence Oertling
    Secretary/Treasurer
  • David J. Hildebrandt, DDS
    Past President
  • Steve Brisco, DDS
  • Jerry Clark
  • Charlie Foy, DDS
  • Byron Ganucheau, DDS
  • William Hall, DDS
  • Jennifer Hew
  • Laurie Moeller, DDS
  • L. Stephen Ortega, DDS
  • Mohammad Zadeh, DDS

Sponsors & Funders

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