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The Senior Dental Center (SDC) is pleased to announce a recent grant award of $1,000, from the San Diego County Employees’ Charitable Organization (CECO). With the grant provided by CECO, the SDC was able to purchase toothbrushes and gum stimulators, allowing us to provide low-income seniors with the resources they need to properly care for…
Information Last Updated on August 28, 2020 We are excited to announce that The Gary and Mary West Senior Dental Center is now seeing patients again in our office as of August 2020, in order to provide much-needed care to people in our community. We are also continuing to provide virtual dental appointments to patients…
Information posted on September 1, 2020 To our valued senior patients, We hope you and your loved ones are doing well. The last few months have been challenging for our communities. Nevertheless, as the current situation begins to improve slowly, we have reopened our offices since July 15th and we are working towards returning to…
As we age, a focus on our health becomes more important every day. September has been named the Month of Healthy Aging; a reminder to us that growing older is a beautiful process. The Senior Dental Center would like to encourage you to implement physical, mental, and social wellness practices into your daily routine. These…
We have officially launched our Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) program in collaboration with NYU Langone Dental Medicine Postdoctoral Residency Program. This residency program prepares dentists who have an interest in community dentistry with a broad range of didactic instruction and practical experience in a diverse setting – in our case, high-quality geriatric oral…
Gary & Mary West program provides needed services during COVID-19 pandemic Written By: Lauren J. Mapp Date Posted: June 1, 2020 Having a toothache is never pleasant. Having one as a senior during the global COVID-19 pandemic, when many dental offices are shuttered, compounds the situation. When 70-year-old Irma Hampton was suffering from severe pain…
Dentist — runs two nonprofit community dental clinics, in downtown San Diego and San Marcos By: U-T STAFF Post Date: June 4, 2020 Please describe how you’re helping the community at this time. “As it was necessary to suspend our in-person oral health services, my team and I quickly leveraged and bolstered our telehealth and teledentistry…
Older adults in California need our help. California has recently proposed to reduce adult dental benefits down to 2014 levels. If the reductions in adult benefits are approved society will undergo long term consequences on their overall health along with limiting their access to services! The Gary and Mary West Senior Dental Center has signed…
Aired: May 13, 2020 Dr. Karen Becerra and KOGO interviewer, Maryilyn Hyder discuss the level of vulnerability seniors are undergoing during the COVID-19 pandemic and what the Gary and Mary West Senior Dental Center is doing to address the needs of the seniors in the San Diego community. The Senior Dental Center is offering Teledentistry…
By: Jessica Brodkin Webb A public statement from the Gary and Mary West Senior Dental center says they have temporarily closed the low-income dental clinic that serves seniors across San Diego county but are offering teledentistry and are in the process of preparing 5,000 home care oral hygiene kits to be distributed through delivery by…
