The clinic would turn down a family of four that earns a monthly income of $1,000 or more

With a big smile on her face, a young black haired woman sat by herself in the small waiting room of the dental clinic. Seated on the dental chair on the other hand is a middle aged woman who is currently having her teeth examined by a young dentist. The clinic's low cost services make dental care affordable for her which in other clinics is impossible. A private non profit organization started a dental clinic 43 years ago as a project, and it continues to operate to this day. In the organization's building was a health clinic operated by the clinic for pregnant women and infants. The clinic provides children with dental care as well. The clinic was able to operate through private donations, one of which was made by a woman who included us in her will. Reexamining the services we offered when the foundation ran out a year ago made us realize that much of what we provided were already being duplicated by other agencies. There was no money, forcing us to close the clinic. Research led them to find out that dentistry was one need not being met for low income persons, and so they decided to rent out the main building and remodel the garage. Around $10,000 in donations was used by the organization for the conversion of the former garage into a dental clinic. The used equipment for the office had already been provided for by dentists for the dental clinic before. The results of an interview with each of the prospective patients determine who are eligible for low cost care. The clinic does not accept patients who could afford private dental care, to avoid competing with area dentists. Eligibility of the clinic's services and the charge for those who are qualified are decided by the clinic's sliding scale. Once the income and number of family members of a person is known, then the clinic knows how much to charge.

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The clinic would turn down a family of four that earns a monthly income of $1,000 or more. If that same four member family earned from $800 to $1000 monthly, then its members could avail of dental examination for only $8. A family who makes less than $800 a month can avail of an examination for the cost of only $5. Private dentists from Santa Fe would charge as much as $15 to 20$ for the same kind of dental examination. You can tell that certain patients may not have had any form of dental care, and they are already in their 40's and 50's. There are a lot of children who are patients of the clinic. Those kids who got treatment from clinic dentists early in the winter were those who qualified for federally funded county special programs. One program covers the cost of all or most clinic fees.

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Despite the 20 patients who are already scheduled weekly by the clinic, the dentists can still make room for more. When the number of missed appointments became too much, the secretary began making appointments for a specific day but not giving a specific time. Patients are seen by the dentists on a first come, first served basis on the particular day of their appointment. We instruct every person who comes in how to take good care of their teeth. Patients who don't use and own dental care products like toothbrushes and dental floss are supplied with some by the clinic. By the time they see the dentist again, their teeth are in better shape.