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ADA 'GIVE KIDS A SMILE' EVENTS PROVIDE DENTAL CARE TO CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME FAMILIES

CHICAGO — With dental disease among pre-schoolers on the rise, the American Dental Association is mobilizing the nation's dental professionals in a campaign to provide necessary care nationwide to children and adolescents from low-income families. Read More...

American Dental Association
2009 Give Kids A Smile

(click on your state to see a list of events, many of which take place on Feb. 1)

Give Kids A Smile is a national initiative by the American Dental Association to focus attention on the epidemic of untreated oral disease among children from low-income families. In 2009, more than 50,000 dental professionals and volunteers will provide free educational, preventive and restorative dental services to more than 500,000 underserved children at more than 2,000 locations across the country.

Give Kids A Smile events would not be possible without the dental professionals who volunteer their time and service as well as the generous support of the following corporate sponsors:  

• Colgate-Palmolive Company will supply 300,000 toothbrushes and 300,000 tubes of toothpaste for children at Give Kids A Smile events;
• DEXIS® Digital X-ray will provide one DEXIS Digital X-ray System to each of the 56 U.S. dental schools participating in Give Kids A Smile, as well as support staff to assist in the taking of X-rays;
• Henry Schein Dental will provide 3,000 professional dental product kits containing items such as gloves, masks, patient bibs, prophy paste, floss, fluoride gel/fluoride foam/fluoride varnish and fluoride trays. Each kit contains enough items to serve 50 children.