A night to remember. Mercy Care’s dental team has had a great few weeks. The Wings for Mercy Ball cleared $221,000 to provide dental care to those who cannot afford it. The 1980s tribute band, Electric Avenue, that performed at the Ball had people on the dance floor until the very last minute of the…
When you know, you know. By age 5, Dr. Jeff Moore knew he wanted to be a dentist. In elementary school, he dressed up as one for career fairs, and in high school through college he volunteered at an office. His inspiration, he says, goes back to his childhood dentist. “Somehow my exposure to him,…
“I got my first partials when I was sixteen,” says Wardell Jones – a now 69-year-old man who received dentures from the Piedmont Dental grant this year. “I came from meager means. Growing up, the dentist just pulled teeth. He did nothing preventive like a root canal or cleaning.” In the summer of 1965, Jones…
I went to Savannah for my family reunion with extra swagger,” said Jimmy Johnson with a smile that showed his new top and bottom dentures. The 65-year-old resident of Stone Mountain is one of dozens of low-income seniors who benefited from a $13,000 dental grant from Piedmont Hospital. Johnson had lost his dentures and couldn’t…
Mercy Care, a network of 13 fixed and mobile primary care clinics, opened its new 45,000-square-foot facility at 5134 Peachtree Road in Chamblee to the community on April 18. The clinic accepts Medicare, Medicaid and all other major insurance plans and offers sliding fee discounts based on income for self-pay patients. Mercy Care Chamblee features…
