The dental center provides care to families with income levels at or below 300 percent of the federal poverty level. Services include cleanings, exams, X-rays, fillings, night guards, crowns, emergency visits, dentures and extractions.The grant will help the center cover expenses such as personal protective equipment, infection control, dental instruments, supplies, X-Rays and digital imaging.
The center is anticipating a higher demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has increased the number of people who need help accessing dental care. They have already seen a higher number of referrals from multiple sources.
The Wentworth-Douglass Community Dental Center and Wentworth-Douglass Foundation are subsidiaries of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, a nonprofit charitable healthcare organization in Dover consisting of 480 physicians.
