By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post

Dentists in northwest Kansas are hoping to break last year’s record of giving away more than $82,000 of free emergent dental care to low-income individuals and families in this year’s third annual DDS Give program scheduled this month.

According to Dr. Jeffrey Lowe of Lifetime Dental Care in Hays, dental professionals in Hays will treat patients from “Salina to the Nebraska border to Colorad0, I-70 and back to Hays … to provide free extractions, fillings, cleanings and X-rays.”

Lowe said the program was started by dental professionals who saw the need for charitable dental services in northwest Kansas.

Lowe said there is a nonprofit mobile dental station based out of Topeka traveling the state providing free dental care, but area dental professionals noticed, “they never come to northwest Kansas.”

Therefore, Lowe said, area dentists decided to come together to fill the need.

“It is a great feeling, we created something to give back … to some people who would otherwise have no other way to help themselves get the dental care they need urgently,” Lowe said.

He said appointments are on a first come, first served basis and urged residents to make an appointment quickly by visiting www.ddsgive.com or calling the phone numbers of participating dentists below:

Click image for participating providers  (Sept. 12 Day of Service unless noted).