Mission Results

Below are the final numbers from the 2018 Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh Dental Event:

# of volunteers: 1,189

# of patients served: 1,103

Total # of procedures performed: 4,483

  • Diagnostics (830)
  • Restorative (620)
  • Endodontics (77)
  • Prosthetics (20)
  • Oral surgery (993)
  • Hygiene (851)
  • Oral Cancer Screenings (1,092)

Value per patient: ~$684

Survey questions asked of patients gave the following results:

  • Are you insured?
    • No (73%)
    • Insurance from job or spouse (12%)
    • Plan to purchase insurance themselves (3%)
    • Government assistance (Medicaid, Title 19, etc.) (8%)
    • Other (4%)

 

  • Reason for not seeing a dentist
    • No insurance/didn't think it was affordable (73%)
    • No dentist who would take a payment plan (3%)
    • Did not think it was necessary to see a dentist (7%)
    • Afraid of seeing dentist/receiving dental care (5%)
    • No dentist available in patient's area/Didn't know who to call (5%)
    • No dentist available to take patient's insurance (4%)
    • Did not have time previously to see a dentist (3%)

 

  • How did you hear about Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh?
    • Family member/friend (27%)
    • Repeat patient from previous year (2%)
    • Dentist/doctor (1%)
    • Facebook/social media (20%)
    • Poster/flyer (8%)
    • Newspaper (9%)
    • University of Pittsburgh Dental School (1%)
    • Social agency/church (6%)
    • TV/radio (26%)