Skip to content
NOWCAST KCRA 3 News at 9am
Watch on Demand
Advertisement

Free dental clinic continues at Cal Expo

One thousand people expected to be helped today.

Free dental clinic continues at Cal Expo
One thousand people expected to be helped today.
WEBVTT GARTH BROOKS SAYS IT'S LIKE HOME. HE LOOKS FORWARD TO LOOKING AT IN AND OUT BURGER. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING FREE DENTAL CARE TODAY. IT'S PART OF A TWO-DAY CLINIC. KRISTEN SIMOES IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SERVICE. REPORTER: THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT HERE. THIS IS DAY TWO OF THIS FREE DENTAL CLINIC PUT ON BY THE DENTAL ASSOCIATION. YESTERDAY, WE WERE SHOWING YOU THE LINES THAT WRAPPED AROUND. TODAY IT'S JUST AS BUSY. THEY SAW MORE PEOPLE YESTERDAY THAN EXPECTED. THEY SAW 1300 PEOPLE AND WERE EXPECTING A THOUSAND. THIS HAS BEEN A WILDLY SUCCESSFUL EVENT ON THEIR END. IT SPEAKS TO THE NEED AND HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PROVIDING FREE SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM. IT'S ALSO ABOUT PROVIDING EDUCATION AS TO WHERE THEY CAN GET FUTURE DENTAL CARE AND WHY THERE IS A NEED FOR A BETTER SYSTEM. PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING FILLINGS. TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH THEY ARE DOING, THIS IS ONE OF TWO HUGE WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS AT CAL EXPO THAT IS FILLED WITH MORE THAN 1700 VOLUNTEERS. THEY HAVE ABOUT 900 DENTIST. THERE ARE 700 ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS. THERE IS A SECTION WITH ORAL SURGERY, THEY ARE MAKING DENTURES AND FILLINGS. HAVE A SEPARATE SECTION FOR KIDS. THIS IS VERY WELL SET UP AND PUT ON. THEY ARE GOING TO SERVICE MANY PEOPLE AS THEY CAN. WE HAVE DR. JIM STEVENS. THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A BUSY TODAY'S OR YOU. THERE IS STILL SO MUCH NEED OUT THERE. TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT YOU HOPE PEOPLE GET OUT OF THIS EVENT. OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM PAIN AND INFECTION. OFTEN WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN GIVE PEOPLE THEIR DIGNITY BACK. WE ROUTINELY HAVE TEARS OF JOY AS WE GIVE THEM FRONT TEETH AND DENTURES. YESTERDAY, THE PATIENT'S IN THE CLINIC THAT FOR A WOMAN LEAVING WITH TEETH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS. SHE WAS CRYING. IT CAN BE VERY EMOTIONAL. MAGIC HAPPENS. REPORTER: IT'S GOOD TO BE A PART OF THAT. WE WILL LET YOU GET BACK. WE SAW A WOMAN WHO GOT A FULL SET OF NEW DENTURES AND SAID BEFORE SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO EAT WELL. SHE COULD NOT GET A JOB BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT INTERVIEW WELL. THINGS YOU DON'T THINK OF AS LIFE-CHANGING, IT REALLY IS. THEY ARE GOING TO SEE PEOPLE TODAY. THEY WILL PUBLISH THE LINE AT ABOUT 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON. LETICIA: YOU HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE YESTERDAY. OUR PEOPLE DRIVING FROM FAR TO BE THERE TO MARK REPORTER: THEY ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER CALIFORNIA. HE SAW PATIENT YESTERDAY THAT CAME FROM LOS ANGELES BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN ONE OF THE OTHER CLINICS EARLIER LAST YEAR AND WANTED TO RECEIVE MORE DENTAL CARE. PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM FAR AWAY AND COMING TO SPEND THE NIGHT, THEY EXPECTED TO TAKE A LONG TIME. PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM OLIVER CALIFORNIA.
Advertisement
Free dental clinic continues at Cal Expo
One thousand people expected to be helped today.
Advertisement