{"id":1109969,"date":"2021-12-11T20:13:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T01:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1109969"},"modified":"2021-12-11T20:13:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T01:13:48","slug":"watch-veteran-receives-long-awaited-dental-care-thanks-to-nonprofit-means-the-world-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-veteran-receives-long-awaited-dental-care-thanks-to-nonprofit-means-the-world-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH &#8211; Veteran Receives Long-Awaited Dental Care Thanks to Nonprofit: &#039;Means the World to Me&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium 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style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Veteran-Gets-New-Smile-from-Veterans-Smile-Program-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Charles Florin is extremely proud of his service to his country, but one thing he struggled with for a long time was his smile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never been able to afford the insurance,\u201d Florin recently <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2021\/12\/10\/veterans-smile-program-harvey-vet\/\">told<\/a> CBS Chicago. \u201cSo therefore, my teeth rotted off, broke out, all kinds of problems there.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Navy veteran has health care with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), however, the VA only offers dental work to those who meet certain criteria, such as former prisoners of war or veterans who have specific kinds of disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen percent of veterans enrolled in the agency\u2019s healthcare program qualify for dental coverage, according to the CBS report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I think it oughta be for everybody that served our country,\u201d Florin said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Judith Bell, who lives in South Side, waited on getting dentures and extractions on her lower teeth for many years due to the fact she did not qualify.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/padevoreveteranssmile\/posts\/1185005502244915\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"25.408602150538\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/452310135514459\/posts\/1185005502244915\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"8.2204301075269\">\n<p>Would you or someone you know or your Post or Auxiliary or Veteran Service organization, like to make a donation to help\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/452310135514459\">Veterans Smile Program<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/452310135514459\/posts\/1185005502244915\/\">Friday, December 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI am so proud to be a U.S. army veteran,\u201d Bell declared, adding, \u201cI thought that if they\u2019re servicing the veterans, you would think that the whole body would be taken care of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A bill introduced recently in D.C. sought to expand dental care to veterans in the VA system and has the backing of a nonprofit group in Chicago known as the Veterans Smile Program.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/padevoreveteranssmile\/posts\/1145248552887277\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"7.741935483871\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/452310135514459\/posts\/1145248552887277\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"1.6935483870968\">\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/452310135514459\">Veterans Smile Program<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/452310135514459\/posts\/1145248552887277\/\">Saturday, October 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cOur mission is to assist our Veterans in need obtain FREE critical dental care.&nbsp;They served, they deserve dental care too.&nbsp;The Veterans Smile program improves our Veterans physical health, mental health and overall quality of life after service,\u201d the group\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vetssmile.org\/?fbclid=IwAR0wIHi_p91vPfNRH5BOULhMQwk5lt3lnozHq8qa3WmGNUrdZG3nR1uhc-E\">website<\/a> read.<\/p>\n<p>There are veterans pulling their own teeth with pliers \u201cbecause they simply cannot afford the dental care themselves,\u201d according to Patricia DeVore who is president of the Veterans Smile program.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, the bill did not have the support needed to pass.<\/p>\n<p>But thanks to the Veterans Smile program, Florin and Bell now have updated smiles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeans the world to me,\u201d Florin said of the gift.<\/p>\n<p>The program recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/padevoreveteranssmile\/posts\/1180631049349027\">shared<\/a> a before and after photo of him:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/padevoreveteranssmile\/posts\/1180631049349027\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"26.767379679144\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/452310135514459\/posts\/1180631049349027\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"10.55614973262\">\n<p>We are very happy to report our latest \u201cVeterans Smile\u201d Program, featured Navy Veteran, Charles Florin II, from Nampa,\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/452310135514459\">Veterans Smile Program<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/452310135514459\/posts\/1180631049349027\/\">Friday, December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThank you for your service Charles and we hope you keep SMILING for many years to come!!\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Florin is extremely proud of his service to his country, but one thing he struggled with for a long time was his smile. \u201cI\u2019ve never been able to afford 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