Specialties: General Dentistry
Specialties: General Dentistry
Specialties: General Dentistry
Specialties: Oral Surgery
Specialties: General Dentistry
Helping Hands of Tennessee is the only region’s comprehensive oral healthcare provider outside of Memphis, Tennessee in the West Tennessee region. HHT provides dental services for patients from age 2 to 99 - regardless of their ability to pay for dental treatments. The dental clinic provides full general dentistry services based on patient’s income. Fees are based on a four-tier sliding fee scale structure and include services such as dental extractions, composite fillings, removable dentures, crowns, and more. Helping Hands also provides those dental treatments to both insured and uninsured patients who earn 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Our dental clinic is staffed with licensed General Dentists, Hygienists, Dental Assistants, and dental administrative staffing. The HHT Dental Clinic is a member of the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinic and the Tennessee Charitable Care Network. We also participate in the HRSA federal student repayment program.
To improve health outcomes within the low income, senior citizen culture, Helping Hands of Tennessee developed the HHT Medicare Assistance Project in 2016. HHT Medicare Assistance Project provided ways in which low income senior citizens could learn ways to gain access for oral, vision and hearing through their Medicare Part C benefits. HHT Medicare Assistance Project provided monthly educational Medicare workshops where Medicare beneficiaries could learn more information about the available options that would save them money and helped them to gain access for much needed treatments for medical and oral healthcare services. By seniors participating in this program, they saved an average of $2,500 in medical costs and gained over $8,000 in healthcare benefits without any extra out of pocket costs.
In 2019, Helping Hands of Tennessee teamed up with West Tennessee Healthcare and America’s Dental Care Foundation (ADCF) and developed our first annual Jackson Mission of Mercy event. The Jackson Mission Mercy event provides no cost medical and dental services such as tooth extractions, dental cleanings, oral cancer screenings, and oral examinations to underserved populations. In March 2019 we had over 180 volunteer dentists, hygienists, dental assistants, medical doctors, medical nurses, and a host of other community volunteers. The Jackson Mission of Mercy served over 1,000 patients during the two-day event and provided $250,000 of dental treatments at no cost to the patients.