{"id":712,"date":"2015-06-23T12:39:28","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T12:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smilespringfield.com\/blog\/?p=712"},"modified":"2025-06-26T05:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T05:17:10","slug":"dentistry-from-the-heart-2015-provided-112-patients-with-free-dental-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smilespringfield.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/23\/dentistry-from-the-heart-2015-provided-112-patients-with-free-dental-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Dentistry From the Heart 2015 Provided 112 Patients With Free Dental Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At Advanced Dental Care of Springfield&#8217;s annual Dentistry From the Heart event held on Friday, June 12th, teeth&nbsp;cleanings, filling or extractions were provided to 112 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These services, valued at over $41,000 were provided absolutely free of charge to the patients and&nbsp;according to&nbsp;Dr Matt VanderMolen, dentist at Advanced Dental Care, &#8220;This community has been so good to us over the years and this is a great way for us to give back. &nbsp;There are a lot of people that simply can&#8217;t afford routine dental care due to a variety of reasons and we love the opportunity to help those in need.&#8221;<br>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Over 50 people volunteered to help provide these services and everyone that received services were incredibly appreciative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are videos from two of the patients that received services:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Springfield IL Dentist Offers Free Dental Care - Dentistry From the Heart 2015 Review\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xto7FLcO3mM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dentist In Springfield IL Offers Day of Free Dental Care\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2pp5FDDnf88?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s a Before and After picture of one patients smile:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dentistry From the Heart is an annual event for the dental office at Advanced Dental Care of Springfield and the entire team looks forward to the event each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Advanced Dental Care of Springfield&#8217;s annual Dentistry From the Heart event held on Friday, June 12th, teeth&nbsp;cleanings, filling or extractions were provided to 112 people. 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