Interfaith Dental Clinic Changing our community, one smile at a time.
 

Our Mission

The mission of the Interfaith Dental Clinic is to restore, protect, and improve the oral health of uninsured, low-income, working people, their children and the elderly in Middle Tennessee through access to affordable quality dental care, oral disease prevention services, and
oral health education.

Interfaith Dental Clinic's vision is that every individual has the opportunity to achieve and sustain a healthy smile. The clinic does NOT see walk-in patients.  An application to become a patient is available in English and Spanish for printing, or one can be picked up at our office.

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Save the Date: June 7, 2013

 Interfaith Dental Clinic of Rutherford County Presents:

 

 Par 3 Challenge

Golf Tournament Scramble

Warm-up: 11:30 am

Shotgun Start: 1:30 PM

Dinner: 5:00 PM

Featuring a chance to win:

A major hole-in-one Prize on all 18 holes!

A closest to pin prize on every hole!

An overall closest to pin prize!

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Dr. Rhonda Switzer Named 2013 Becky Darby Award Winner

 

 
Dr. Rhonda Switzer, Executive Director of Interfaith Dental Clinic, is the winner of the 2013 Becky Darby Award.  The Becky Darby Award was established in 2000 by the board of  the United Way of Williamson County to honor the leadership and dedication of Becky Darby, who advocated tirelessly to improve health and human services in her 20 years of service with the United Way of Williamson County.  The award, presented by the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, recognizes outstanding non-profit leadership in Williamson County through the annual award of a grant to support the professional development of an outstanding human service non-profit executive.Congratulations!
 
 
 

Success Stories

"A dramatic change!"
When Thomas Gulley learned about the Interfaith Dental Clinic he had no idea what a dramatic change would be in store for him.Thomas worked as a tow truck driver in 1999 when he was struck in the head by a tow bar. The bar punctured his skull throwing him forward, knocking out three of his front teeth.His head injuries were so severe that he had to learn to walk and talk again. He was without insurance and had no workman’s comp., so he was left...

"I am not going to be embarrassed today!"
  When Nickye moved to Mt. Juliet several years ago, she got a job working at Cracker Barrel. “I loved my job, but I had to get up every morning and say ‘I am not going to be embarrassed today.’  I would always wonder, ‘what are my customers going to think of me?’  Most of my customers were actually really nice.” “I knew I needed to do something about my teeth.  I had lost my dental insurance when I got...
  My dentures were really hurting me,” said Gaylon Mays.  “And Wilma was in a lot of pain . . . a lot of pain.”“My mouth was a mess,” adds Wilma.Gaylon and Wilma Mays knew they both needed dental work, but they didn’t have insurance and couldn’t afford it.“We called Meharry but they couldn’t help us,” says Wilma.  “They referred us to the Interfaith Dental Clinic.”When Wilma and Gaylon entered the program both of their mouths...

"I'd never been to a dentist I went back to."
“I like your laugh,” a three-year-old girl told her Sunday School teacher.Ramona never thought she’d hear those words. She desperately wanted to change her smile, but as a widow on a fixed income, finances were a barrier. A painful toothache led Ramona to Interfaith through her church. Crowding and decay has taken their toll on Ramona’s teeth, so all were extracted in preparation for dentures.“Before Interfaith, I’d never been to a dentist...
  Jorge Lopez had begun his own handyman business and was busy with electric work, metal work, painting, and other jobs.  However, like many small business owners, he was without benefits, including dental insurance.  Jorge was missing ten teeth and was suffering from several abscessed molars.However, the work would have cost around $3,100 at a private practice, and he knew it would be years before he could save that amount....
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