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OPEN WIDE! NATION'S DENTISTS ADDRESS ACCESS
WITH FREE CARE FOR KIDS

Low-income children to benefit from annual
Give Kids A Smile! events

CHICAGO — February is National Children's Dental Health Month and on Feb. 1, more than 51,000 dental professionals will provide free dental services to more than 500,000 children from low-income families, at more than 2,000 sites nationwide. It's all part of the American Dental Association's (ADA) sixth annual Give Kids A Smile program, which offers educational materials, screenings and, where possible, free dental care such as cleaning, fluoride treatments, fillings and even more intensive care. Read More...

American Dental Association
2008 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 disadvantaged children. In 2008, more than 50,000 dental professionals and volunteers will provide free educational, preventive and restorative dental services to children from low income families 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 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 2,500 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.