New free dental clinic will help patients with problem teeth

The Snake River Community Clinic now offers limited, but important, dental services.

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Story Published: May 5, 2009 at 2:39 PM PDT

Story Updated: May 5, 2009 at 2:39 PM PDT

By Stephanie Smith

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LEWISTON - The Snake River Community Clinic debuted it's new dental clinic Monday.

"Our new office was funded by Inland Northwest Community Foundation for $34,000," said Dental Hygienist Lillian Bowen. "Charlotte Ashe, of the Snake River Clinic, and I wrote off for a grant and it got awarded. So we are very happy about that and also a lot of our equipment here was also donated in addition to what we could buy with the grant money."

The clinic is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays and they only do extractions.

"When somebody has a bad tooth it's usually caused by an infection and then it goes through their whole body, so it's horrible for their heath," said Bowen. "So it's a good thing to get the infection away and plus our clinic is a great thing to have, because a lot of people don't have extra money to go to the dentist or don't have insurance in our area. We are considered a health professional shortage area due to the income of our population, so people just need somewhere to go."

For more information call (208) 743-5899.

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