Dental News

Images from GKAS across the country

2010-02-05

聽The Teddy Bear Clinic at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine invites GKAS participants Feb. 5 to rotate with their bears through health fair stations.

Smiling bears: The Teddy Bear Clinic at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine invites GKAS participants Feb. 5 to rotate with their bears through health fair stations. Stations included vision checks from the School of Nursing, Healthy Heart from the School of Medicine and an exercise station from a local taekwando school.

聽The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine officially opens Give Kids A Smile Day 2010 with a proclamation from Mayor Byron Brown.

Mayoral proclamation: The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine officially opens Give Kids A Smile Day 2010 with a proclamation from Mayor Byron Brown. Dr. Michael Glick, UB dental dean and editor of The Journal of the American Dental Association, is next to the mayor at the podium. The school expected to host up to 700 children at three different sites on Feb. 5.

聽Lizzett Wetzstein (left) assists Cincinnati dentist Dr. Emily Krupp at a GKAS event.

Giving care: Lizzett Wetzstein (left) assists Cincinnati dentist Dr. Emily Krupp, who is treating a Taylor Elementary student. Observing is Chloe Burdine, a dental assisting student at Colerain-Butler Tech Career Center. Some 60 children received restorative care Feb. 5 and the program will continue for another 60 when they come to the clinic on Feb. 19. The Cincinnati Dental Society has has partnered with Butler Tech on GKAS for six years.

聽Ohio's First Lady Frances Strickland at the Ohio Dental Association's kickoff for GKAS 2010.

Ohio start: The Ohio Dental Association kicked off its statewide GKAS observation in Cincinnati where Ohio’s First Lady Frances Strickland receives a gift (a signed GKAS poster) from a Taylor Elementary student.

聽Special guests of Henry Schein Dental take the stage Feb. 5 during the kickoff of Give Kids A Smile 2010 in New York City.

Times Square: Special guests of Henry Schein Dental take the stage Feb. 5 during the kickoff of Give Kids A Smile 2010 in New York City. A group of dignitaries also rang the Nasdaq’s opening bell. From left are Dr. Burton Edelstein, Children’s Dental Health Project; David Fasoli, CareCredit; Sheila Hopkins, Colgate; Henrik Roos, Danaher; Dr. Ron Tankersley, ADA president; Louis Sullivan, M.D., board member, Henry Schein Dental; Stanley Bergman, chairman and CEO, Henry Schein Dental; Candy Ross, Dexis Digital X-Ray; Steve Kess, Henry Schein Dental; Dr. Michael Breault, president, New York State Dental Association; and Cindy Hearn, CareCredit. For GKAS events nationwide, Henry Schein Dental provided professional dental kits containing gloves, masks, patient bibs, dental floss, prophy paste and fluoride products.

聽IMAGE: Dr. Tankersley at the Henry Schein Dental breakfast event in New York.

ADA president: “Give Kids A Smile highlights to policymakers the challenges that low-income families have in getting access to dental care,” Dr. Tankersley said at the Henry Schein Dental breakfast event in New York. As the ADA works with the dental industry to make GKAS a year-round activity, “we will show that we also have solutions,” he said.

聽To commemorate Give Kids A Smile day, a coach bus was decked out for travels in New York City and Long Island Feb. 5. Henry Schein Dental organized a bus tour of GKAS activities at three of New York's dental schools: New York University, Columbia University and State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Rolling along: To commemorate Give Kids A Smile day, a coach bus was decked out for travels in New York City and Long Island Feb. 5. Henry Schein Dental organized a bus tour of GKAS activities at three of New York’s dental schools: New York University, Columbia University and State University of New York at Stony Brook.

聽IMAGE: Daddy day care: In addition to a on-site screenings and educational events planned for Give Kids A Smile at seven schools in Harlem and Washington Heights, about 100 children were expected for treatment and screenings at the Columbia University School of Dental Medicine. Pictured above, 16-month-old Victoria gets ready for her first dental visit Feb. 5 at Columbia's Division of Pediatric Dentistry while sitting on her father Casper's lap.

Daddy day care: In addition to a on-site screenings and educational events planned for Give Kids A Smile at seven schools in Harlem and Washington Heights, about 100 children were expected for treatment and screenings at the Columbia University School of Dental Medicine. Pictured above, 16-month-old Victoria gets ready for her first dental visit Feb. 5 at Columbia’s Division of Pediatric Dentistry while sitting on her father Casper’s lap.

聽Pediatric dental resident Dr. Asi Ardakani reads a radiograph while third-year dental students Charles Leung (left) and Shivani Maharaja look on. The trio prepared to treat 10-year-old Shirley (seated) during Give Kids A Smile at the New York University College of Dentistry.

Group effort: Pediatric dental resident Dr. Asi Ardakani reads a radiograph while third-year dental students Charles Leung (left) and Shivani Maharaja look on. The trio prepared to treat 10-year-old Shirley (seated) during Give Kids A Smile at the New York University College of Dentistry.

聽Hugs: ADA鈥檚 Dudley the Dinosaur delights children during the GKAS activities Feb. 5 at the Stony Brook (N.Y.) University School of Dental Medicine. More than 400 children were treated at various sites on Long Island.

Hugs: ADA鈥檚 Dudley the Dinosaur delights children during the GKAS activities Feb. 5 at the Stony Brook (N.Y.) University School of Dental Medicine. More than 400 children were treated at various sites on Long Island.

聽Observant: Four-year-old Nicolette watches the action in the mirror as dental students Thomas Seo (left) and Jeff Shapiro perform a cleaning Feb. 5 at the Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine for GKAS.

Observant: Four-year-old Nicolette watches the action in the mirror as dental students Thomas Seo (left) and Jeff Shapiro perform a cleaning Feb. 5 at the Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine for GKAS.