Hundreds get free health care on Day 1 of SC Mission - Local / Metro - TheState.com

Hundreds get free health care on Day 1 of SC Mission where 87% of the water is fluoridated: The dental effort in the Cantey Building was the busiest section, an indication of how many people don’t have dental insurance. Before the gates opened at about 5:30 a.m., the line for dental care stretched completely across the huge fairgrounds parking lot Dental officials planned to treat about 900 patients by the time the program was shut down at 6 p.m. Friday. Those who couldn’t be seen Friday would be given vouchers to put them at the front of the line today, when the effort continues from 6 a.m.-3 p.m. Another 600 should be able to get dental care today.  At the group’s Dental Access Days in Florence last summer, they had to turn away about 2,000 people.