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Please save some time for a "Healthy Smiles" benefit for the dental clinic. The benefit will be held at Sprizzo on June 19th. The time, and other information will be posted here shortly.
Twenty five Waukesha County dentists, hygienists, and dental assistants, along with the staff of the Waukesha County Community Dental Clinic helped make the American Dental Association and Wisconsin Dental Association’s eighth annual Give Kids A Smile® children’s dental access program a success by providing 50 children with an estimated $13,000 in free dental care and oral health education on Friday, February 5, 2010.
Some 350 dentists statewide, along with 934 dental team members, dental, hygiene and assisting students and faculty and community advocates, are volunteering their time and skills to donate more than $719,000 in oral health care and education to 6,253 low-income children on behalf of GKAS throughout February’s National Children’s Dental Health Month.
Local GKAS partners included Waukesha County Dental Society, the School District of Waukesha, and ProHealth Care.
Tooth decay is the most common chronic disease affecting American children – five times more common than asthma. The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research reports 80 percent of tooth decay is found in just 25 percent of children, the majority of whom are in low-income families.
Moderate tooth decay during childhood restricts physical development, decreases the ability to learn and requires frequent emergency room visits and hospitalization. In some cases, untreated oral disease has been linked to catastrophic illness and even death.
“Give Kids A Smile events help get thousands of Wisconsin’s children out of dental pain and infection, while continuing to raise awareness of the need to increase access to dental care for our state’s low-income residents,” says Renee Ramirez, Executive Director. “We must all – dentists, lawmakers, patients and oral health advocates – work together toward long-term, viable solutions to this health crisis.”
Volunteer Dentists and their dental assisting staff:
Dr. Dennis Abere
Dr. Kate Gilson
Dr. Paul Nemcek
Dr. Gene Shoemaker and his assistant
Dr. Jon Melk
Dr. Shonna Jorgensen
Dr. Bernie Bayer
Volunteer Hygienists:
Lisa Bahr RDH
Gaye Gotto RDH
Jacquline Hauser RDH
Monica Brand Balfi RDH
Jody Lundell RDH
Ellen Schleicher RDH
Jayne Finn RDH
Jenny Knas RDH
Kim Johns RDH
Cecilia Boelter RDH
ProHealth Care
Hanneke Deeken, R.N.
Bonnie Siegel, R.N.
Community Volunteers
Charlie Gray -
Kelly Brenner – Hu-Friedy
Jen Taylor – VISTA Volunteer
