The Delta Dental Mobile Program provides oral health services to underserved children. The program includes two trucks that serve as mobile clinics to provide preventive, diagnostic and restorative care to kids across the state, and dental hygienists and community health workers based on the state's Native American reservations.
Delta Dental manages, operates and staffs the mobile trucks, and works with local community site partners to identify children most in need of care who can least afford it. Local community sponsors also contribute a modest stipend for the visit. No patient will be denied services due to inability to pay.
The two trucks have visited 81 communities and provided more than $16.5 million in dental care to more than 30,000 patients since the program began. Both trucks travel across the state an average of 40 weeks every year. Around 3,000 total kids are served each year on the trucks.
Dental hygienists and community health workers based on South Dakota's Native American reservations have focused on preventive care through education, cleanings, sealants, and flouride treatments, reaching another 4,700 children each year.
For more information about the Mobile Program or having a truck visit your community (being a local site partner), contact
Teresa MastellerMobile Program Logistics Coordinator605-494-2565 or 800-627-3961Teresa.Masteller@deltadentalsd.com
Zach ParsonsMobile Program Services Manager605-494-2578 or 800-627-3961Zach.Parsons@deltadentalsd.com
Detailed information about being a local site partner and hosting a truck visit is available at our Site Partner Information page .
Important forms for patients and their parents/guardians are available on our Patient Information Page.
See the schedule of upcoming truck clinic locations at the Mobile Trucks schedule (.pdf)