New York
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 counties:
Albany, Bronx, Broome, Erie, Herkimer, Livingston, Monroe, Nassau, New York (Manhattan), Onondaga, Queens, Richmond, Saratoga, and Westchester
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.
Click here to download and print an application
Contact
Madeline Lebron, DDS Coordinator
212.598.9000
866.408.1323 (fax)
mlebron@DentalLifeline.org
Dental Lifeline Network • New York
P.O. Box 106
Harriman, NY 10926
To request an application please call the toll free number: 888.235.5826
Donated Dental Services (DDS)
525
Volunteer Dentists in New York
146
Volunteer Laboratories in New York
$9.7M
in Donated Treatment to Patients in New York
1,614
Patients treated in New York since 2007
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
Leadership Council
- Edward Miller Jr., DMD
Chairman
- Laura Clark
- Steve Damelio, DDS
- Kay T. Oen, DDS
- Janice K. Pliszczak, DDS
- Don Safferstein, DDS
- David Shipper, DDS
- Carl Tegtmeier, DDS
- Robert M. Trager, DDS
- Nicholas Tucci, DDS
- Julio A. Urbina, PhD, MPH
- Bobby Vijay, DDS
Sponsors & Funders
My mom was missing two front teeth and she didn’t like her appearance. She is happy with the work Dr. Convissar did and she can smile widely now.
–Migdalia, daughter of Antonia (left), a New York DDS patient