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In a gesture of community goodwill, Rivers Dental Care of Murfreesboro will be providing residents of Murfreesboro and surrounding areas with free dental services on Friday, June 7.

As part of Free Dentistry Day, a national effort “dedicated to providing free dental care to the growing number of Americans without dental insurance,” according to an official press release, Dr. Sueellen Cho, Dr. Sean Fox and the staff of Rivers Dental Care will be joining the fight to improve the oral health of Murfreesboro residents. Dentists all over the US take part in Free Dentistry Day, so it’s worth checking with your dentist in Tallahassee, or whichever area you live in, if they are taking part.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, approximately 108 million Americans live without dental insurance.

“This is a great opportunity to help the community that we live and work in.” stated Cho.

According to the press release, “there is increasing evidence that links oral health to overall health and well-being.”

Symptoms of numerous medical conditions including diabetes, HIV/AIDS, heart disease and oral cancer can be first be detected through simple oral exams: the kind of oral exams that not everyone in the community has access too. If you feel your oral health is too far gone to fix, it might be worth considering a dental implant. They can look amazingly realistic. So don’t be afraid to have a dentist examine your teeth at these kinds of events.

“This event allows us to give back to the community we serve. In the process of helping our patient, we get the opportunity to educate them on the importance of oral health and its impact on overall health. We encourage them to adopt a lifetime oral care regime,” said Fox. These free dental days are a great way to give back to the community, but they also work as a type of patient lead generator that can allow new potential patients to test the services of a particular dental practice. There are many other tactics dental surgeons use to find new patients to help grow their practice. For example, these patient referral programs at https://www.blog.opencare.com/dentist/dentist-referral-programs or similar pages provide a dental referral program.

Rivers Dental Care’s Free Dentistry Day will provide cleanings and extractions to patients between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Friday, June 7, located at 2943 South Church St Ste E in Murfreesboro. Patients will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call 615-956-6750 or visit www.FreeDentistryDay.org.

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