Sedona AZ (June 7, 2019) – The Central Arizona Dental Society will host its inaugural AZ MOM North event on June 7 and 8 to help locals in need. More than 125 volunteer dentists, hygienists, lab technicians and assistants will provide free care to approximately 1,000 people over two days.
The dental professionals – the majority of which are from northern Arizona – will utilize 50 state-of the-art dental chairs at the Rolle Activity Center on the NAU Campus to focus on relieving pain and infection. Dental services such as fillings, extractions, cleanings, as well as limited lab work including dentures – but no flippers – will be provided to approximately 1,000 people of all ages. Patients will receive services from 6:00 a.m. until 5 p.m. on a first-come, first-served basis both days.
“We are very excited that the CADS Foundation has brought the dental Mission of Mercy Program to Flagstaff,” said Dr. Dale Hallberg, Co-Clinic Floor Lead and Flagstaff dentist. “We expect the 2019 AZMOM North event to help hundreds of people in our community with their immediate oral health needs.”
Arizona discontinued adult dental AHCCCS benefits in 2010 during the budget cuts of the great recession. While some benefits were restored in Fall 2018, the demand for care during this event proves how much the most vulnerable members of our community are still in need.
“There are too many people that fall through the cracks that are struggling with day to day life and need help,” shared Dr. Brent Dameron, an Arizona dentist and CADS Foundation Board President “Having dental health gives these people a chance to focus on things other than pain or infection, helps them to better access potential jobs, plus it unburdens our emergency health care system that individuals use to relieve pain and infection if they can’t access dental care.”
Dameron added, “We also work to provide dental education to these patients in need so they understand a small ongoing investment will help to alleviate these larger, painful issues. Preventative dental care is about the cost of a cup of coffee each day.”
AZ MOM, or AZ Mission of Mercy Dental events occur throughout the year, but there are still individuals facing homelessness that have been unable to attend for a variety of reasons. CADSF and partners are creating additional focused events to meet these ongoing needs. This will be the first event held in the city of Flagstaff. The facility on the NAU campus provides an enormous space for more dental chairs and more dental professionals to give care to more people than in previous events.
CADSF relies on significant sponsorships from a variety of organizations for this event in Flagstaff including Del E. Webb Foundation, Delta Dental of Arizona, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, Mercy Care and numerous other corporate sponsors and individual donors to put on the AZMOM event each year. Support this event: Text AZMOM to 71777 to donate
Friday, June 7, 6 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturday, June 8, 6 a.m. – 5 p.m.*
Northern Arizona University Campus
Rolle Activity Center (South Campus – across from south fields) Building 68
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
PATIENT PARKING:
- P62 – 288 spaces
- P62A – queue
- P62B – 295 spaces
- P66 – overflow if needed
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Support this event: Text AZMOM to 71777 to donate
*Or until resources run out on Saturday
About CADS AZ Mission of Mercy
Originating in Virginia and spreading throughout the United States, more than 70 Mission of Mercy dental programs have been conducted since 2000 to provide free dental care to local residents who otherwise were unable to receive it. The Central Arizona Dental Society Foundation (CADSF) first hosted an event in 2012 and has provided more than $10 Million in free dental care to over 8,000 Arizonans in need. Visit https://www.cadsfoundation.
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The line will form at the South Commuter parking lot on Pine Knoll Drive. Patients will be shuttled to the clinic.
For a parking map visit this page on the website ➡️ https://www.azmom.org/azmomnorth/