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Dental clinic held at Truett Camp
Thanks to the efforts of the Truett Baptist Association, the Clay County Health Department, Community in Schools and Hayesville HOSA Students who worked in conjunction with several local dentists and several who came in from other areas, almost 200 Clay and Cherokee residents received free dental work last Friday and Saturday. The event took plaxe at the Truett Baptist camp gym, where 15 portable chairs were set up and local dentists Dr. Dovin, Dr. Regan and Dr. Bud Garrison volunteered their services to help residents who do not have dental insurance and perhaps not the financial means to pay for dental care. Also assisting in the dental clinic were Dr.'s Taylor, Miller and Courtney Davis who came to the county to participate in the free clinic, which is the brainchild of Dr. Slott from Burlington, North Carolina. Dr. Slott is the founder of Open Door Dental Clinic of Alamance County, North Carolina. He participates not only in free dental clinics in his home county , but also does seven to ten free clinics a year throughout the state.
"The clinic served adults from all ages: 18 to folks in their 80's she said. "The clinic was held from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. on both days," she said. " Waldroup said meals and other ammenities were provided to the dentists and other volunteers by local churches.
"This clinic is a wonderful thing for our county," Waldroup said. "It was estimated that about $68,000 worth of dental care was provided to the residents of Clay and Cherokee counties.
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