Category: Community Involvement

ODA President Dr. Michael Halasz sees a patient at the Give Kids A Smile Ohio kickoff on Feb. 8 at the Butler Tech Bioscience Center. More than 30 children in need received dental care at the Give Kids A Smile Ohio kickoff event on Feb. 8. At the event, volunteer dentists from the Keely Dental Society partnered with dental assisting students at ... [continue reading]

The 2019 Give Kids A Smile Ohio kickoff event will take place at Butler Tech Bioscience Center in West Chester on Gives Kids A Smile Day, which is Feb. 1. The 2019 Give Kids A Smile Ohio kickoff event will take place at Butler Tech Bioscience Center in West Chester on Give Kids A Smile Day, which is Feb. 1. At the event, volunteer ... [continue reading]

Give Kids A Smile registration is now available on the ADA Foundation website.  Events registered by Nov. 9 will qualify for free products to give to kids at events and dental supplies to provide screenings, cleanings, fluoride varnish and sealants.  GKAS activities include free dental care and/or free oral health education for ... [continue reading]

Dentists, their staff members and others planning to hold Give Kids A Smile events any time in 2019 should plan to register those activities during October 2018. Events registered by Nov. 9 will qualify to receive free products to support their events such as toothbrush and toothpaste giveaways and dental supplies to perform screenings, cleanings, ... [continue reading]

A patient receives a high five during the Give Kids A Smile national kickoff event at The Ohio State University College of Dentistry. The Ohio State University College of Dentistry hosted the American Dental Association Foundation's Give Kids A Smile national kickoff event on Feb. 2. At the student-led event, 171 children received free dental ... [continue reading]

The Ohio State University College of Dentistry has been chosen to host the 2018 national Give Kids A Smile kickoff event on Feb. 2. The Ohio State University College of Dentistry has been chosen to host the national 2018 Give Kids A Smile kickoff event. The Give Kids A Smile program is a collaborative effort among the American Dental Association, ... [continue reading]

Dr. Lauren Kollar, a general dentist in Perrysburg, provides screenings and fluoride at an after-school program in Bowling Green. Give Kids A Smile events can take on many different shapes and sizes. From a small event in a dental office, to a large scale dental society event, to screenings at a local school to education events, Give Kids A Smile ... [continue reading]

Dr. Kyle Bogan, owner of North Orange Family Dentistry in Lewis Center held his first Give Kids A Smile event on April 22, 2017. By sharing his first GKAS experience in this Q and A with the “ODA Today,” Dr. Bogan hopes to demystify the GKAS planning process and ease fears for members that have not held an event. Why did you decide to ... [continue reading]

The Maumee Valley Dental Society goes into area schools to teach children about oral health. Oral health education events qualify as Give Kids A Smile events. Give Kids A Smile event registration will take place in October, so now is the time to begin pla Give Kids A Smile is a national access to care and oral health education program where ... [continue reading]

Dental team members Doris Maynard and Marlene Zaboura along with Dr. Libby Buckley and her daughter Avery at their Give Kids A Smile event. Buckley held her first Give Kids A Smile event this year, where she and her team saw 25 students at a local school. This was my first year participating in the Give Kids a Smile (GKAS) program since graduating ... [continue reading]