Aspen Dental to Offer Dental Care to Area Veterans on Sept. 24

SPRINGFIELD — Most veterans do not receive dental care through the Veterans Administration unless they are 100{06cf2b9696b159f874511d23dbc893eb1ac83014175ed30550cfff22781411e5} disabled, have a service-related mouth injury, or were a prisoner of war. As a result, many veterans are not getting access to the dental care they need.

Aspen Dental’s MouthMobile travels across the country providing free care to veterans in communities where care may not be readily available. Aspen Dental has partnered with the Bilingual Veterans Outreach Center (BVOC) of Massachusetts to provide free dental care to local veterans.

On Monday, Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the MouthMobile will come to the BVOC, 281 Franklin St., Springfield to provide free dental care to local veterans as part of its 14-stop, cross-country tour this fall. The MouthMobile is a 42-foot-long, fully-equipped dental office on wheels, staffed by local Aspen Dental dentists and hygienists, now with an additional service of free oral-cancer screening with OralID.

Appointments are still available but filling up quickly. To make an appointment, veterans can contact Arelis Puerto at (413) 731-0194.