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Dentists and team members of Aspen Dental, 640 W Karsch Blvd. in Farmington, will be joining nearly 400 Aspen Dental practices across the country in opening their doors June 25 to provide a day of free dental care for thousands of veterans across the country.

Local veterans can call 1-844-AspenHMM to schedule an appointment in advance at a participating office in the St. Louis area. Appointments are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

This will be Aspen Dental’s second annual day of providing free dental service and is expected to be the largest single-day oral health initiative targeted at veterans. It’s all a part of Aspen Dental’s Healthy Mouth Movement, a community-giving initiative launched in 2014 to deliver free dental care and oral health education to people in need.

Of the more than 21 million veterans across the U.S. today, fewer than 10 million are enrolled for U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health benefits, which for many does not include dental care benefits, and more than 1.2 million lack health insurance altogether.

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