Rhode Island
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
All counties are OPEN for applications
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
Click here to download and print an application
Contact
Tonya Smith, DDS Coordinator401.821.8656
401.825.7722 (fax)
tsmith@DentalLifeline.org
Dental Lifeline Network • Rhode Island
PO Box 175
West Warwick, RI 02893
To request an application please call the toll free number: 888.235.5826
Donated Dental Services (DDS)
197
Volunteer Dentists in Rhode Island
45
Volunteer Laboratories in Rhode Island
$6.5M
in Donated Treatment to Patients in Rhode Island
2,976
Patients treated in Rhode Island since 1989
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
- Martin C. Nager, DMD
President - Andrew J. Molak, DMD
Vice President - Paul F. Calitri, DMD
Secretary/Treasurer - Nick Barone, DDS
Past President
- Robert Bartro, DDS
- M. Christine Benoit, DMD
- Steven A. Brown, DMD
- A. Thomas Correia, DDS
- John E. Gage
- Brian P. Hogan, DMD
- Chris Klimecko
- John Kusnarowis
- Ryan Napolitano
- Maureen Ross, RDH
- Jennifer A. Torbett, DMD
- Craig A. Van Dongen, DDS
- Lisa Wood
Before, I had to cover my mouth when I smiled and I didn’t want to go out of the house. Now I get out there and talk to people and I smile away
–Patricia (center), a Rhode Island DDS patient