Denture Sponsorship Program

Removing barriers

In Central Florida’s service driven economy, poor oral health and missing teeth can prove to be a barrier to regular employment. As our homeless clients may already face many hurdles to overcome, the Health Care Center for the Homeless (HCCH) seeks to help address this particular issue through our Denture Sponsorship Program. This program is focused on helping to supply full or partial dentures for our homeless patients at our facility, the Orange Blossom Family Health Center, who have no other means of affording them.

To qualify for this program a dental patient:

Must be homeless
Complete all other aspects of their oral health regimen as set forth by their dentist
Be evaluated by the staff as needing a full or partial denture
Have a history of keeping their scheduled appointments
Be missing one or more anterior teeth in an arch

Sponsor dentures for one of our homeless patients
Make a donation by clicking here. Select “Denture Sponsorship” in the Program Designation drop-down menu. If you would prefer to make a gift by check, please mail your check to the Health Care Center for the Homeless and notate denture program in the memo section.
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Sponsorship

Program funding

With HCCH absorbing the cost of treating the patients and the manufacturing steps conducted within the Health Center, each full or partial denture arch costs only $125 from any funding for this program. Supported entirely by private donations, initial support was received in 2008 from Project Dentists Care, a division of the Florida Dental Association. Subsequent funding has been provided by local oral health professionals, a local church, and individual donors. Any donations made to the denture sponsorship are used to provide services only within this specific program for the patients who qualify.

Opportunities to shine

Beautiful smiles create new beginnings

Funding for this program is extremely limited. For those who have never experienced obvious tooth loss, it is hard to understand someone’s reluctance to smile or feeling the need to cover their mouth to hide missing teeth. Or the realization you weren’t hired for a job because you lacked a healthy smile. A beautiful smile should be available to those without health insurance and dentures are often the final step to having just that.

Removing barriers