South Carolina
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: Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Georgetown, Marion, Sumter, and York.
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.
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
Vivian Lovingood, DDS Coordinator888.322.9527
803.750.1644 (fax)
vlovingood@DentalLifeline.org
Dental Lifeline Network •
South Carolina
P.O. Box 212174
Columbia, SC 29221
All applications must be submitted through a DDS Coordinator
Donated Dental Services (DDS)
192
Volunteer Dentists in South Carolina
26
Volunteer Laboratories in South Carolina
$3.4M
in Donated Treatment to Patients in South Carolina
683
Treated patients since 2012
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
- Jeffrey J. Gardner, DMD, MAGD
Chair
- Kristin R. Derrick, DMD
- Thomas Edmonds, DMD
- Thomas A. McDonald, DMD
- Michael R. Miller, DMD
- David Moss, DMD
- Nick Papadea, DMD, FAGD
- Advisors
- Phil Latham
Words just can’t say how grateful we are. It has changed Drew’s life and made it so much better.
–Linda, mother of Andrew (left), a South Carolina DDS patient