USA - New clinic will offer vital dental services to low-income families

New clinic will offer vital dental services to low-income families
By Jason Kane
The Winchester Star
Winchester — Uninsured children with teeth full of rot will soon get the relief they need from a new downtown dental clinic.

“New” is relative, though — the clinic will operate in the same space as the Free Medical Clinic of Northern Shenandoah Valley at 301 North Cameron St.


Dr. Tyler Mistr provides dental care to a patient at the Free Medical Clinic of Northern Shenandoah Valley in downtown Winchester.

Because the free clinic cannot receive financial compensation under Virginia by-laws, a separate nonprofit called the Dental Clinic of Northern Shenandoah Valley was created so that the dental clinic could receive Medicaid.

The dental facility will begin examining patients from Winchester, Frederick County, and Clarke County at the end of September.

The dental clinic’s ability to accept Medicaid will provide sustainable funding for services previously unavailable to most uninsured families in the area, said Vicki McClelland, executive director of both the Free Medical Clinic and the new dental clinic. .......................

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