The Douglas County Dental Clinic is a non-profit community dental clinic serving the residents of Douglas County, Kansas.
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DCDC Staff
Monday - Thursday 8AM-12PM and 1PM-5PM
Friday - 8AM - 12PM
316 Maine St.
Lawrence, KS 66044
Phone: 785-312-7770
Fax: 785-312-9447
Email: director@dcdclinic.org
Friday - 8AM - 12PM
316 Maine St.
Lawrence, KS 66044
Phone: 785-312-7770
Fax: 785-312-9447
Email: director@dcdclinic.org
Our Mission
The mission of the Douglas County Dental Clinic is to provide quality dental care to low income and uninsured residents of Douglas County, Kansas.
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Our History
Dr. Kelly Farmer
The Douglas County Dental Clinic began as a group of concerned community members who formed the Douglas County Dental Coalition in 1998. They began meeting to discuss how the great needs in our community could be met. They soon incorporated and began searching for funding to support the start up of the clinic. Initial funding was provided by the Ethel and Raymond Rice Foundation and the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund. These funds provided the clinic with equipment and supplies and allowed for part-time staff. Still, though, the clinic had no physical location. Late in 2001 a local dentist, Dr. Larry Mayer, who was in the process of retiring, agreed to sell all his equipment to the Douglas County Dental Clinic for less than ½ of its appraised value. Additionally, the owner of the building in which Dr. Mayer’s office was located indicated a willingness to rent the same space to the Douglas County Dental Clinic. In October of 2001, the dental clinic saw its first patients. Part-time doctors and hygienists staffed the clinic between October of 2001 and June of 2002. In that time 577 patient visits took place. In July of 2002, the Douglas County Dental Clinic hired its first full-time dentist, a full-time assistant, a full-time office manager and a full-time director. By the end of 2002, the clinic had seen 1,537 patients. The clinic has experienced a steady increase in the number of patient visits each year and is now located at 316 Maine Street in a much larger office with 6 treatment operatories. In 2009 almost 6,000 patient visits occurred. The Douglas County Dental Clinic now has 2 full-time dentists, 2 extended care permit hygienists, 2 full-time assistants, 1 part-time assistant, 2 full-time case managers, a full-time office manager, and a full-time director.
