West Virginia
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: Berkeley, Cabell, Fayette, Harrison, Kanawha, Mercer, Monongalia, Morgan, Raleigh, Upshur.
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
Diane Wells, DDS Coordinator304.919.1579 (phone)
303.534.5290 (fax)
dwells@DentalLifeline.org
Dental Lifeline Network • West Virginia
1800 15th Street, Suite 100
Denver, CO 80202
All applications must be submitted through a DDS Coordinator
Donated Dental Services (DDS)
81
Volunteer Dentists in West Virginia
11
Volunteer Laboratories in West Virginia
$1.6M
in donated Treatment to Patients in West Virginia
755
Patients treated in West Virginia since 2000
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
Sponsors & Funders
We enjoy trying to help as many people as we can. The most rewarding thing for my staff is to see the end result of how these people change when the work is completed.
–Dr. James Szarko (right), a West Virginia DDS volunteer