ABOUT THE MARYLAND FOUNDATION OF DENTISTRY

The MFD program would not successful without our Patient Care Coordinators (PCCs) that facilitate the care and treatment of MFD clients. The PCCs follow patients from the day a potential client is interviewed to the completion of a client's dental treatment. The PCC has been trained to deal with a variety of situations and enables treatment to be successfully completed. The PCC is the person the patient and dentist contacts with questions or concerns.

Dentists throughout the state of Maryland have volunteered to provide comprehensive dental care at no charge to people 18 years and older (including veterans), who, because of a disability and/or impaired mental and/or physical health, lack adequate income to pay for needed dental care. 

Dentists throughout the state of Maryland have volunteered to provide comprehensive dental care at no charge to people 18 years and older (including veterans), who, because of a disability and/or impaired mental and/or physical health, lack adequate income to pay for needed dental care.

Volunteer dentists are not paid for any of the services provided to the program. The dentists who volunteer for the program are motivated by a desire to give something back to the community that supports their practice. For many dentists, the opportunity to get to know the referred patient and feel that they have made a significant and personal contribution is the greatest reward of all.

The laboratories that donate their services are often motivated by a desire to support the dental community in its' efforts and to perform a valuable civic duty. Their donations of free or discounted laboratory services are given, even though they seldom meet the patient being helped. Some laboratories feel an added reward in strengthening a bond with a dentist by helping on a donated case. Other times, a MFD DDS case may be an opportunity for a laboratory to show its work to a new dentist. 

The patient care coordinator works with the treating dentist to find laboratories that will provide free or discounted services. Dentsply provides all replacement teeth to the program without charge to those laboratories offering a fifty percent discount or greater to the MFD. The patient care coordinator also arranges all referrals to needed specialists.

When a patient’s treatment is completed, the dentist completes and returns a value of treatment card that describes the value of the services performed. The MFD DDS is a one-time only service. However, some dentists continue to see patients on a discounted or donated basis.