Support Your Area’s Military Veterans with Needed Dental Care!

Thank you for your desire to participate in Veterans Smile “Serving Those Who’s Served.”   Recognized as a vulnerable population, many military veterans experience challenges in accessing dental care. Dental services are limited through the Department of Veterans Affairs to specific groups including POWs, or those having a service-connected dental disability or condition rated at 100%, or those who are receiving the 100 percent rate by reason of individual unemployability.  In honor of Veterans Day, Veterans Smile is a service opportunity to give back to veterans  by providing free dental services in your practice to veterans from your own community. It is customized by you/your team: you all determine the number of veterans to serve, dental services you will provide, when to provide the service, and decide on sourcing veterans to schedule them for treatment.

The GHDS is available as a resource to provide a Veterans Smile toolbox of information, can provide extra manpower and guidance as needed or answer questions via email to . Please submit your completed form below and thank you for helping our military heroes this November!

GHDS program

What is your anticipated day(s) of your service for your dental practice? (Will you have day(s) of veteran service separate from regular patient schedule, or will you schedule veterans for treatment within your regular patient schedule?)
Are there specific hours / time of the day for your service to veterans? If so - please list them.
What is the area/location of your practice where you’ll serve military veterans? What communities / suburbs of Houston? How many operatories are at this location?
What dental treatment/procedures are you able to provide free to veterans you serve?
What is your anticipated total number of veterans from your community whom you plan to treat? And will you accept additional veterans to serve? If so, what is the maximum?
How will your practice recruit veterans from your own community? From which organizations in your community will you source patients?
Outside of your own practice staff, will you need extra manpower?
Describe volunteer types needed (General Dentist, Specialist, Dental Hygienist, Dental Assistant, Pre-dental Student, Other) and the total number of each you'll need.
The GHDS maintains a toolbox of resources to help guide you on conducting service to veterans. Would you like this emailed to you?
The GHDS is interested to collect the outcome of your service to showcase the great service you'll conduct (i.e., number of veterans &/or volunteers, value of care provided, any photos &/or videos of service). Are you willing to share this information to the GHDS after the service?
Please provide: Dentist(s) & Practice Name & Contact Information (email address, phone number(s).
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