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At Aspen Dental, our mission is to break down barriers to better care, better smiles and
better lives. And we've turned that mission into a movement. A Healthy Mouth Movement.

Since 2014, dentists and their teams from Aspen Dental practices across the country
have provided free care to more than 20,000 veterans and people in need. That's a lot of
happy mouths! And we're just getting started.

So, why do we do it? Nearly 150 million Americans didn't go to the dentist last year.
Millions more live in places where there is little or no access to care. Other barriers get in
the way too - like cost, lack of insurance, and fear. This is especially challenging for the

majority of U.S. veterans as they are not eligible for dental benefits through the Veterans
Administration unless they are 100% disabled, have a service-related mouth injury or
were a prisoner of war.

Rollin' Rollin' Opening Doors

The MouthMobile is a 42-foot long dentist office on
wheels that travels state to state providing free care to
vets in communities where care may not be easy to

access. The MouthMobile is handicap accessible and