OUR HISTORY

In the spring of 2003, a proposal was presented to the Executive Board of the Tulsa County Dental Society to create an organization that would become a dental outreach for eastern Oklahoma. Together Pamela Beard, Margeret Lippert and three dentists, Dr. Gary Burnidge, Dr. Mike Kincaid and Dr. Steven Lusk partnered to create Eastern Oklahoma Donated Dental Services (EODDS).

The organization began by serving the needs of applicants who qualify for donated care based on age (65+) and financial challenges. Today, the organization serves adult individuals (18+) without any savings account, CDs, trust accounts, IRAs, or any other means of paying for dental care.

EODDS has built a solid foundation with a history of over 350 volunteer dentists providing donated dental services to individuals within our service area of 26 Oklahoma counties. Complete restorative dental care is provided to as many patients annually as possible. Our volunteer dentists agree to provide dental services to qualifying clients free of charge in the comfort of their own offices where great care is taken to preserve patient dignity and privacy, while EODDS pays for the patient’s laboratory costs for dental prosthetics such as crowns, bridges, dentures, and partials. Services provided to our patients consist of exams, x-rays, cleanings, fillings, root canals, extractions, crowns, bridges, partials, and dentures.

Providing this complete restorative dental service to clients in eastern Oklahoma would not be possible without our generous funding sources. Though our funding sources have changed over the years, all have provided EODDS significant funding for the delivery of donated dental services. Without our volunteer dental offices, funders and the financial contributions of individual donors, EODDS would not exist to serve Oklahomans in need.