House Resolution 23 Summary

• Commends Mississippi dentists and dental laboratories for volunteering with Donated Dental Services, a program that has provided over $3,000,000 in donated dental treatment to vulnerable adult citizens.

• Recognizes Donated Dental Services as a direct care program of Dental Lifeline Network introduced to Mississippi in 1995 by the Mississippi Dental Association and funded by the Mississippi Division of Medicaid.

• Notes the program has served over 1,500 elderly and disabled Mississippians who lacked financial means and had no other access to necessary dental treatment.

• Acknowledges that donated dental services restored recipients to oral health status that enabled them to maintain or improve their overall health.

• Directs that copies of the resolution be furnished to Dental Lifeline Network, the Mississippi Dental Association, Mississippi Dental Laboratory Association, Mississippi Division of Medicaid, and the Capitol Press Corps.