Posts Tagged ‘mobile dental units’
Dentaid to offer free dental treatment in Huddersfield
One of the UK’s leading dental charities, Dentaid, will be providing free dental treatment in Huddersfield and the surrounding area over the course of the next two weeks. The charity is responding to a shortage of dentists in the area, which is making it difficult for patients to gain access to NHS dental services. MP […]
Oxfordshire Tooth Bus Refers 300 Patients For Dental Treatment
A tooth bus, which toured the towns of Oxfordshire, has successfully referred more than 300 people for dental treatment. The bus visited towns in Oxfordshire to provide oral health information and advice and routine check-ups to people who find it difficult to see a dentist. Almost 400 people had a check-up on the bus and […]
Auckland Students Benefiting From New Mobile Dental Unit
Students in Auckland are benefiting from a new mobile dental unit; the Mobile Smile Unit hit the city’s roads in January. The brand new, state of the art unit is run by Lumino the Dentists, New Zealand’s largest dental provider; it is touring secondary schools in and around Auckland to provide free dental care as […]
Waikato mobile dental unit heads to Christchurch
One of Waikato’s mobile dental units is heading south to Christchurch to help provide dental care while repairs are made to the dental department of Canterbury District Health Board’s hospital. The mobile unit will be stationed in the Christchurch area for three months; the dental department at the hospital was badly damaged by the earthquake […]
Oregon ‘tooth taxi’ to serve children in South County
The ‘tooth taxi’, a mobile dental unit, which serves children across Oregon, will visit students in South County. The mobile unit will visit Seaside Heights Elementary School between March 29th and April 1st. The van will provide dental screenings on Tuesday and then treatment will be given to children who are diagnosed with dental problems. […]
Tehama County children to receive free dental care
Children in Tehama County, California, will be able to receive free dental care as part of a celebration of children, which will take place throughout April. Children will be able to receive free dental treatments, including cleaning treatments, extractions, examinations and fillings; the county mobile dental unit will also be out and about providing children […]
MedWorks announces free dental clinic
MedWorks, a charitable organisation based in Cleveland, has announced that it will host a free dental clinic. MedWorks will team up with the Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland to offer free dental services to local people. The clinic will be held on Saturday the 14th May from 8am to 5pm at the Free Clinic on […]
Peterborough County set to launch new mobile dental unit
Health chiefs in Peterborough County have revealed plans to launch a new mobile dental unit to provide dental care for residents in rural areas. Dr Rosana Pellizzari, medical officer from the Peterborough County-City Health Unit addressed the county council on Wednesday and outlined plans for the new dental service. A pilot programme will be launched […]
Health trust donates dental unit to help orphans
Northumberland NHS Care Trust has donated an old mobile unit to help orphans in the Ukraine. The trust has donated the old medical unit to Mercy Trucks, a charity based in Hexham; the charity will now covert the mobile unit into a brand new dental van, before taking it over to the Ukraine. Volunteers at […]
New mobile dental unit hits the roads in Pennsylvania
A new mobile dental unit has hit the roads in Central Pennsylvania. The state of the art dental van was delivered to the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology this week and will serve local communities. The brand new dental van boasts a range of impressive features, including state of the art equipment and […]
