Broward Partnership for the Homeless Smiles Work! Dental Program
Broward Partnership for the Homeless Smiles Work! Dental Program
920 NW 7 Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, FL - 33311
Telephone: (954) 779-3990
Dental care has been consistently ranked as one of the top unmet needs for the population experiencing homelessness, due to factors such as a lack of access to affordable dental care and oral health education. Poor oral hygiene can lead to a variety of health problems such as gum disease, infection, bone loss, heart disease, strokes and more. Poor dentition or missing teeth may also result in impaired speech, a loss of confidence and leave individuals at a significant disadvantage when seeking employment. The Partnership's Smiles Work! Dental Program helps to restore the oral health of the program participants and to repair dentition so it is no longer a barrier to seeking and securing gainful employment. Typical dental services provided at the on-site clinic include: Deep cleanings, fillings and extractions. Restorative services, such as composite and amalgam fillings. Diagnosis and treatment of diseases, injuries and malformations of the teeth and mouth. X-rays and screening for oral cancer. Education about the importance of maintaining oral health. Directions: The Campus is one mile EAST of I-95 on the SE corner of Sunrise Boulevard and NW 7th Avenue (Avenue of the Arts) in Fort Lauderdale. From I-95 -- Take Sunrise Boulevard EAST, 1 mile to NW 7th Avenue (Avenue of the Arts) and turn RIGHT - make the first LEFT into the Center's parking lot. From Fort Lauderdale -- Take Broward Boulevard to NW 7th Avenue (Avenue of the Arts), turn NORTH - continue almost to Sunrise Boulevard - turn RIGHT into parking lot.
Many of our Dental Clinics are free and/or government supported. Many are sliding scale dental care for low income. Please call the dental clinics or visit the websites of the dentists to cofirm that these clinics are free or low cost to the needy. We do our best to provide a helpful low cost and free dental services. Always confirm directly with the dental clinis to confirm that our information is up to date.
We also now display low cost, affordable clinics for the needy. Yes, our website name is FreeDental.org, but we now provide more. We are as specific as possible on the listing pages. It is the website users responsibility to contact the clinics listed to confirm whether the clinics is free, low cost, affordable, etc. Do not take it for granted that the clinic is free since it is listed on the website. We provide listings to help those with dental practices and services to help the needy.
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Hello! I am reaching out to get information on how this program works and what the costs are. I am looking into this for homeless people, not myself. I would like to pay for their dental work. I have recently moved down to florida, and I have been speaking with a few homeless people and try to help them as much as possible. One thing I found as a common denominator is a lot of them majorly need better teeth hygiene, and I would love to help them with that and hopefully that can be the first step in getting them off the streets and a job to transform their life. Curious how this would work and what extent of work is done? Of course everyones would look a bit different but some information would be extremely helpful!