{"id":1315123,"date":"2019-09-29T20:20:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T02:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/free-dental-clinic-open-friday-saturday-in-glenwood-springs\/"},"modified":"2019-09-29T20:20:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T02:20:01","slug":"free-dental-clinic-open-friday-saturday-in-glenwood-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/free-dental-clinic-open-friday-saturday-in-glenwood-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"Free dental clinic open Friday, Saturday in Glenwood Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dentist Robert Benke, Mission of Mercy co-chair, works on a patient in November 2018 at the Island Grove Events Center in Greeley.<\/strong>
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Dentists from around the state will set up a clinic Friday and Saturday in Glenwood Springs to provide free care on a first-come, first-served basis, with no questions asked.<\/p>\n

The free dental clinic, organized by Colorado Mission of Mercy, will be open at the Glenwood Springs High School at 6 a.m. Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n

Organizers advise people to arrive early to ensure they can be served. The clinic will close its doors when it reaches capacity.<\/p>\n

More than 1,000 volunteers will work to serve an expected 1,300 patients over the two days.<\/p>\n

The patient will go through a dental health \u201ctriage\u201d first, where a volunteer will go over medical history, allergies and needs, and then get to see a dentist<\/p>\n

The dentists will provide fillings, tooth extractions and cleanings, and may be able to place crowns (for back teeth), flippers (for front teeth), and fit dentures on a limited basis as time permits.<\/p>\n

There is no income limit or insurance requirement to receive the service.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a no-questions asked clinic,\u201d said Pam Dinkfelt, executive director of COMOM. \u201cWe want to help individuals who are in dental need.\u201d<\/p>\n

To make room for the clinic, school will be canceled for GSHS students on Friday.<\/p>\n

COMOM has organized many free dental clinics in the state, but this will be the first clinic on the Western Slope.<\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dentist Robert Benke, Mission of Mercy co-chair, works on a patient in November 2018 at the Island Grove Events Center in Greeley.Joshua Polson\/Greeley Tribune Dentists from around the state will set up a clinic Friday and Saturday in Glenwood Springs to provide free care on a first-come, first-served basis, with no questions asked. The free […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1315123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-06 21:48:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1315123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1315123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1315123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1315123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}