Aspen Dental's 'Mouth Mobile' Provides Free Dental Care to Veterans

Aspen Dental dentists and teams volunteered their time Wednesday to provide free dental care to local veterans on September 2, 2015.

In partnership with Save-A-Suit, Aspen parked its Mouth Mobile – a 42-foot dentist office on wheels – at the Save-A-Suit office in Bethel, Conn.

This was their sixteenth tour stop, and kicked off the second phase of the 2015 Healthy Mouth Movement, a program that helps veterans who are unable to find oral healthcare due to financial struggles.

Aspen Dental shared in a release that ”millions of people – including our veterans – have obstacles to dental care such as access and cost: 150 million Americans didn’t go to the dentist last year, nearly 40 percent of Americans say they have limited or will limit dental care due to their financial situation, despite 80 percent knowing that that delaying routine dental visits will cost more money over time. Nearly one in five Americans would fix problems with their car ahead of addressing pain in their mouth.”

About the Healthy Mouth Movement

The Healthy Mouth Movement is a community giving initiative launched by Aspen Dental and Oral Health America in 2014 to deliver free dental care and oral health education to people in need across the United States. Last year, nearly 2,000 Aspen Dental team members volunteered their time and talents to deliver more than $1 million in free dental care to nearly 3,000 patients in need. This year, the Healthy Mouth Movement is focused on serving our nation’s veterans. As part of this commitment, Aspen Dental is teaming up with Got Your 6 to help empower veterans nationwide. For more information, visitwww.HealthyMouthMovement.com.