Pennsylvania

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 waitlists, the following counties are NOT accepting new applications: Blair, Erie, Franklin, Monroe, Northampton and Westmoreland.

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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.


VETERANS - APPLY HERE

Southeast Pennsylvania: Click here to download and print an application
Rest of Pennsylvania: Click here to download and print an application

Contact

Southeast Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia and surrounding counties)
Marsha Thomas, DDS Coordinator
724.568.4343
724.568.4944 (fax)
mthomas@DentalLifeline.org

Dental Lifeline Network • Southeast Pennsylvania
P.O. Box 357
Vandergrift, PA 15690

Pennsylvania
(Rest of State)
Tammy Shumaker, DDS Coordinator
717.776.3262
717.776.3268 (fax)
tshumaker@DentalLifeline.org

Dental Lifeline Network • Pennsylvania
P.O. Box 205
Newville, PA 17241

All applications must be submitted through the DDS Coordinator

Donated Dental Services (DDS)

654

Volunteer Dentists in Pennsylvania

111

Volunteer Laboratories in Pennsylvania

$17.9M

in Donated Treatment to Patients in Pennsylvania

5,481

Patients Treated in Pennsylvania since 1996

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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Leadership Council

  • Bernard Dishler, DDS
    Chair
  • Joe Bakanowski
  • Maria Conde-Cavalier, DDS
  • Aleta Detwiler, DDS
  • David Palo, DDS
  • Jason Pellegrino, DDS
  • Arnold Pfannenstiel, DDS
  • William Spruill, DDS
  • Marisa Swarney
  • David Tecosky, DDS
  • Charles Weber, DMD
  • Chad Zahm, DMD

Sponsors & Funders

The first time I wore my pearl necklace, I noticed it matched my teeth – I was astonished. Dr. Pettinato was so calm, kind and compassionate. Dr. Burns was a doll, too. (DDS Coordinator) Tammy always checked in with me on my treatment. It was a team of people who helped me. You never forget that. You guys have saved my life.

–Kathleen, a Pennsylvania DDS patient