Veterans' Free Dental Care  It's been 18-months since Douglas
Kirby last saw a dentist.  A Navy Veteran, he says because his
dental problems aren't service related, the V-A- won't pay for
the work.  "Back of one of my front teeth fell off and then I
have a filling to be done on the tooth next to it. So they are
going to pull one tooth and fill another. If I could afford to
even have the one tooth pulled, I'd wait because it's a front
tooth. But I don't even have a car," says Kirby  The staff of 18
at Holmes, Mannikko and Beglin say they expect to see about
40-veterans Friday.  Because of time they can't do any elaborate
work on their patients--typically just tooth extractions and
fillings.  "I've seen 3 or 4 or five guys this morning that have
been walking around with tooth aches for over a year, year and a
half, infections and that type of stuff. They haven't been able
to get care and treatment for it so we are taking care of that
kind of stuff. If I can relive an infection it relieves pain and
makes their l