Pacific Dental Services Gives Back Through Smile Generation Serve Day

IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 90 Pacific Dental Services affiliated offices with 1200 volunteers, including over 125 Pacific Dental Services affiliated dentists, served their communities on August 13 by participating in the first-ever Smile Generation Serve Day. The dental offices provided pro-bono treatment to those in need and were able to help over 750 people during this community outreach event.  In total they provided over $850,000 in free dentistry.

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Pacific Dental Services affiliated offices teamed up with local organizations such as churches, non-profits, women shelters, and youth centers to assist in making this day a huge success. The community partners assisted in identifying individuals that were in need of basic dental care.  They also reached out to existing patients that may have lost their job and had treatment that needed to be done that they couldn't pay for.  

"Smile Generation Serve Day is a day of giving back to our community, and that's something that Pacific Dental Services is very passionate about," said Pacific Dental Services Founder, President, and CEO Stephen Thorne. "All of the treatment provided was completely free. We were able to provide $850,000 in dentistry but we're not done; we have a number of affiliated offices who plan to do a day of free dentistry in the next few weeks.  We hope to provide over 1 million dollars in donated dentistry."

Nation-wide, patients received everything ranging from cleanings, exams, and x-rays to extractions, fillings, and crowns.   The supplies for these treatments were generously donated by Henry Schein® Dental, Ivoclar Vivadent®, and Vident™.

Also partnering with Pacific Dental Services on Smile Generation Serve Day was United Concordia Dental.  "We are pleased to partner with Pacific Dental Services on the first-ever Smile Generation Serve Day. Together, we are providing a variety of free dental services — from exams to cleanings, x-rays to oral hygiene instruction – to individuals with minimal or no insurance," said Julia Mallory, community outreach representative for United Concordia Dental. Pacific Dental Services affiliated offices are preferred providers for United Concordia Dental.

About Pacific Dental Services

Founded in 1994, Pacific Dental Services (PDS) is one of the country's leading dental service organizations, providing state-of-the-art support services that allow dentists to concentrate on the highest levels of cost-effective patient care. PDS has pioneered the concept of Modern Dentistry - combining advances in the latest technology with best operational practices and procedures, highly skilled support staff and a commitment to ongoing training and education – to grow to more than 250 innovative, modern, affiliated dental offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Texas. Their Private Practice + model provides supported autonomy to each affiliated dentist, allowing the local affiliated dentists the freedom to focus on what they do best.  Together with their affiliated owner dentists, they aim to become the provider of choice in all the markets that they serve.

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