Ore. mobile clinic gets $25K grant

DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Jan 4, 2010

The Dental Foundation of Oregon has received a $25,000 grant from Spirit Mountain Community Fund for its free mobile dental clinic, Tooth Taxi, according to a news story in the Democrat Herald.

The mobile dental van provides free dental care and oral health education to underserved children throughout Oregon.

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