Category: Community Involvement

Ohio Dental Association President Dr. Kevin Laing of Van Wert performs an oral exam at the Van Wert Smiles clinic for the Give Kids A Smile event. Volunteers provided a total of $20,080 in donated dental services at the event. The Ohio Dental Association hosted Give Kids A Smile kickoff events at two locations this year in honor of the ... [continue reading]

Nowadays, during the first couple of weeks of dental school at The Ohio State University you are presented with all of the programs offered to you as extracurricular opportunities. Some social like Psi Omega Dental Fraternity, some educational like the Dental Entrepreneur Society, some with political focuses like our great ASDA chapter at Ohio ... [continue reading]

Mercy Medical Center in Canton worked with migrant children to provide dental check-ups for its Give Kids A Smile event in July. Give Kids A Smile is a national access to care initiative where dentists donate dental care to underserved children that are in need of care. Give Kids A Smile events and initiatives take place throughout the year, and ... [continue reading]

Dr. Denise Antalis at her office’s Give Kids A Smile event in Cambridge. My practice has been hosting Give Kids A Smile events for the past three years in our office in Cambridge, Ohio.  On that day, my team, other volunteers and I donate our time and services to children under the age of 18 who are accompanied by an adult.  Each child ... [continue reading]

Children receive oral health care instruction at the 2015 Give Kids A Smile Ohio kick-off event at Mercy Medical Center in Canton. This year's kick-off event will be Feb. 5 at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine. The 14th Annual Give Kids A Smile Ohio kick-off event will be Feb. 5 at Case Western Reserve ... [continue reading]

Give Kids A Smile is a national access to care initiative where dentists donate dental care to underserved children that are in desperate need of dental intervention.  But many of the Ohio Give Kids A Smile events have an added benefit: dental and auxiliary students gain real-life experience. The Ohio State University College of Dentistry ... [continue reading]

Volunteers from the Stark County Dental Society and Mercy Medical Center general practice resident program provided free screenings to about 200 students from Gibbs Elementary at the Give Kids a Smile Ohio kickoff event. Volunteer dentists from the Stark County Dental Society provided free dental care to nearly 200 children ... [continue reading]

Kids at the 2014 Give Kids a Smile kick-off event. This year’s kick-off event will be Feb. 6 at the Mercy Medical Center in Canton. The 13th Annual Give Kids a Smile kick-off event will be held on Feb. 6 at the Mercy Medical Center in Canton. The kick-off event is one of many Give Kids a Smile programs that will take place ... [continue reading]

This year's Give Kids a Smile kick-off event was held in partnership with the Akron Dental Society and was a huge success. Volunteers see children at the Give Kids a Smile kick-off event. The event, in conjunction with the Akron Dental Society, was held at the Legett Community Learning Center on Feb. 7. “We had a ... [continue reading]

Hundreds of volunteer dentists throughout Ohio will once again provide free dental services to underserved children, during the nearly 80 Give Kids a Smile (GKAS) Ohio programs scheduled to date. Over 18,000 Ohio children are expected to participate with an expected 1,900 dental volunteers throughout 2014. Feb. 7 is the official date for the 12th ... [continue reading]