More than 1,600 people volunteered at the free, two-day dental clinic at West Conn. (Carol Kaliff)
The free dental clinic held at West Conn on Friday and Saturday provided $1.65 million in care to 1,997 patients, according to event organizers.
The eighth annual event, sponsored by the Connecticut Mission of Mercy, needed to shutter its doors early each afternoon because the O’Neill Center was filled to capacity.
The clinic was designed to aid people who don’t have access to affordable dental care or need a way to offset its costs. More than 1,600 volunteers served over the weekend, with 136 dental chairs servicing patients for cleanings, X-rays, fillings, extractions, oral surgery and limited root canals.
The event rotates throughout Connecticut each year, and Danbury was the state’s first repeat host city.