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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING THE RHODE ISLAND DENTAL ASSOCIATION

AND DENTAL LIFELINE NETWORK • RHODE ISLAND’S DONATED DENTAL

SERVICES (DDS) PROGRAM, FOR DONATING $5 MILLION IN DENTAL TREATMENT

TO PEOPLE IN RHODE ISLAND WITH DISABILITIES OR WHO ARE ELDERLY OR

MEDICALLY FRAGILE

     Introduced By: Senators Pearson, Picard, Crowley, Sosnowski, and Miller

     Date Introduced: March 05, 2014

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, Twenty-five years ago, in 1989, Dental Lifeline Network • Rhode Island

and the Rhode Island Dental Association established the Donated Dental Services (DDS)

Program; and

WHEREAS, Through the DDS Program, dentists and dental laboratories donate

comprehensive treatment for people with disabilities or persons who are elderly or medically

fragile and cannot afford dental care; and

WHEREAS, Almost 170 dentists and 70 dental labs volunteer for the DDS

Program. Since the Program’s inception, they have treated almost 2,800 people with disabilities

or who are elderly or medically fragile with seriously neglected dental problems throughout

Rhode Island; and

WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Donated Dental Services (DDS) Program will reach a

milestone of $5 million in donated dental services through the generosity and benevolence of

dentists and laboratories throughout the State of Rhode Island; and

     WHEREAS, The strength and success of the State of Rhode Island, the vitality of our

communities, and the effectiveness of society depend, in great measure, upon concerned and

devoted programs as exemplified by the Rhode Island Donated Dental Services (DDS) Program;

now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby congratulates and expresses profound gratitude to the Rhode Island Dental Association,

Dental Lifeline Network • Rhode Island and the hundreds of DDS volunteer dentists and dental

laboratories who have provided $5 million in donated dental care to almost 2,800 vulnerable

people in Rhode Island who would not otherwise receive comprehensive dental treatment; and be

it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Dental Lifeline Network • Rhode Island and

the Rhode Island Dental Association.

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