On Oct. 23 and 28, dental professionals and teams from Hays participated in the DDS Give program, providing $40,498 worth of dental services free of charge to those in need.

DDS Give is a program created by the dental professionals of northwest Kansas to provide donated dental care in their own offices to the underprivileged in northwest Kansas communities in order to alleviate pain, infection, dental decay and gum disease.

For more information, visit ddsgive.com. Participating teams included Canterbury Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Dr. Dan Loftus, Lifetime Dental Care, Cedar Lodge Dental, and Kinderknecht Family Dentistry.