Every so often you run across a touching story about people who really make a difference in improving the lives of others.  This is one of them.

Dentistry From The Heart (DFTH) is a dental program that provides free dental care to those who need it.   Since 2005, this non-profit organization has provided free dental services at more than 50 locations across 29 states. Founded in Tampa, Florida in 2001, Dentistry From The Heart started as Dr. VincentMonticciolo’s way of giving back to his community and providing aid to the growing number of Americans without dental insurance. Over the past eight years, more than 4,000 patients from across the state have traveled to attend Dr. Monticciolo’s DFTH events to receive a free filling, extraction, or cleaning.

After realizing the potential impact DFTH could make across the country, Dr. Monticciolo registered DFTH as a national non-profit organization and created all the tools needed for dental practices to host DFTH events in their community.

“With the number of Americans living without dental insurance on the rise, my desire is for more dentists to look to Dentistry From The Heart as a way to directly impact lives and provide invaluable services to their community,” said Dr. Vincent Monticciolo.

Since 2005, Dr. Monticciolo has enlisted more than 60 dental practices across the United States to host their own events. With their help, Dentistry From The Heart has now served more than 10,000 people and given away more than $2.5 million in free dental work. Dentistry From The Heart is a registered non-profit organization that provides free dental work for people who need it. Dr. Vincent Monticciolo founded the organization as a means to give back to the community and address the growing number of people without dental insurance. In the past eight years, Dentistry From The Heart events have contributed more than $2.5 million in free dentistry and helped more than 10,000 patients across the country.