SmileMobile

Serving Children Throughout Washington

The SmileMobile, a modern dental office on wheels, brings oral health services year-round to low-income children with limited access to a dentist. Since it first hit the road in July 1995, the mobile clinic has treated more than 25,000 children throughout Washington—an average of 60 children each week. In 2008, with the help of 71 volunteer dentists and their staff members, the SmileMobile screened 1,994 children, provided treatment to 1,141 and referred 306 children to dental homes.

SmileMobile services range from examinations and preventive care to fillings and minor oral surgery – all provided at little or no cost to patients. The SmileMobile is a partnership between Washington Dental Service, Washington Dental Service Foundation, and Seattle Children’s Hospital.

For more information, please contact Karri Amundson at kamundson@deltadentalwa.com.



View the SmileMobile Schedule here

SmileMobile Volunteer Application

Questions? Please contact Washington Dental Service Foundation at foundation@deltadentalwa.com.
 
WDS Foundation

Nationally, 28% of pre-school children and 52% of elementary school-age children have tooth decay.

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In Washington state, 45% of low-income preschoolers had tooth decay in 2005 as compared with 38% in 1994 .