Due to the lack of dental insurance for numerous veterans, many dental professionals make it a point to serve this group when they can.
On Veterans Day November 11,1 Americans offer gifts and services to the brave men and women who served in the US armed forces. One of the ways we honor them is by dental professionals providing them with needed oral health-care services, often for free. This is because veterans are underserved when it comes to dental care.
The public may see veterans as those who served in one of the service branches of the US military. The Veterans Authority definition is someone released from military duty by any means besides dishonorable.2 Congress has a slightly different definition—a man or woman who served active military, naval, space, or air for a minimum time who was not dishonorably discharged. Congress also states that men and women serving in the National Guard or as reservists are not always given veteran status.3
