More than 2,200 people are expected during a free, two-day dental clinic at the O’Neill Center on the Westside Campus of Western Connecticut State University that begins Friday. The event is designed to help people who either don’t have access to affordable dental care or need a way to offset its costs.
The eighth annual Connecticut Mission of Mercy Free Dental Clinic will have between 250 and 300 dentists donating their time, said Jon Knapp, a dentist who practices in Bethel.
Services will include cleanings, X-rays, fillings, extractions, root canals and partial dentures, Knapp said.
Patients of all ages will be taken on a first-come, first-serve basis, and all will be sent home with a toothbrush and floss.
Doors open at 6 a.m. each morning.