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The National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handiccaped (NFDH); a charitable affiliate of the American Dental Association; is commited, through collaboration, to arranging comprehensive dental treatment and long-term perventive services to needy disabled, elderly or medically compromised individuals through a national network of direct service programs that involve more than 14,500 volunteer dentists and 3,000 volunteer laboratories.

Participate in DDS
Join the 14,500 Donated Dental Services DDS) volunteer dentists and 3,000 volunteering dental laboratories today!

Participation could not be easier.
Dentists and labs take care of the patients, DDS does everything else; no headaches, no red tape, no paper work. A DDS Coordinator is the liaison between the patient, the dentists and specialists and the labs, assisting and arranging all aspects of the program and resolving any problems.

Your DDS Coordinator will screen patients and send a patient profile for your review. If you choose to see the patient, the Coordinator will:

  • Refer the patient to your office to schedule appointments

  • Arrange donated lab work, usually with your regular lab(s)

  • Arrange for Specialist assistance - DDS count hundreds of Oral Surgeons and other specialists among our 14,500+ volunteers

  • Answer questions and resolve any concerns you or your staff may have about the patient

  • Arrange implant donates from generous manufacturers like 3l Biomet, Nobel Biocare, Zimmer and Straumann if you decide to place implants for a DDS patient

As a volunteer laboratory, the DDS Coordinator will:

  • Send a patient profile and convey the needs requested by the dentist

  • Notify the doctor and patient (so they may write you a thank-you) if you accept the case

  • Work with Dentsply to replace the teeth used in any DDS-donated fabrication

  • Work with Argen, Ivoclar, Jenlenko or Jensen to replace alloy used

Remember: Just because we refer a patient to you, doesn't mean you have to accept the patient. As a dentist, your initial exam is your opportunity to decide if you would like to help the patient or not. As a laboratory, you will receive the same patient profile to consider, and your coordinator can tell you more about the patient and their treating volunteers.

DDS operates on a case-by-case basis.
The choice is yours; you don't even have to give a reason!

VOLUNTEER NOW!