The Smile Generation [official blog]

The Smile Generation in cooperation with charity: water held a launch party on Saturday, May 4th, 2013 for their 100 Wells for Ethiopia project.  Bright yellow jerry cans lined the ballroom lobby and a drink mimicking dirty water was served to guests.  While the atmosphere was festive, the goal of the evening was serious: to [...]

“Play ball.” The words ring out through fields across the country. You know spring has definitely sprung because the much anticipated “Opening Day” has come for both Major and Minor League teams. The Smile Generation is a proud sponsor of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Texas Rangers, Sacramento Rivercats, and Rancho Quakes. [...]

Several of our Smile Generation-trusted offices in California are working with local food banks to collect canned food for people in need within their communities. Patients, who donate an unopened canned good, will receive 20% off any dental treatment.  Note that this offer cannot be combined with any other offer and is not valid on [...]

February is National Children’s Dental Health Month and this year’s slogan is “Get a Gold Medal Smile.” Here are ways you can get your children to go for the gold with their oral health. Make an appointment with your dentist. Practice good oral hygiene habits – brush 2x a day and floss daily. Discuss healthy [...]

Give Kids A Smile (GKAS) is an access to dental care program.  It is the nation’s largest proactive approach to help underserved children with their dental needs.  Ten years ago, the ADA launched the GKAS program as a way for dentists across the country to join others in their community to provide dental services to [...]

The world didn’t end in 2012 as predicted. Instead, we look back at a year that, we at the Smile Generation can truly be thankful for. Some of the year’s highlights include a trip with actors Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith and charity: water to bring clean water to Ethiopia; dental outreach missions to [...]

‘Tis the season and a number of Smile Generation-approved offices are holding a holiday toy drive for the benefit of Toys for Tots  until December 10th. Anyone who drops off a toy at a participating dental office, receives a discount on dentistry.  The mission of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program [...]

The Smile Generation believes in paying it forward. Over the last few months, Smile Generation-approved offices have participated in different collection drives and outreach missions to help those in need. Empire Dental Group and Orthodontics in Burbank, CA collected 96 lbs of candy as part of their Halloween Candy Buy Back event. The candy was [...]

A number of Smile Generation-approved offices have taken the concept of the Halloween Candy Buy Back and made it their own.  Participating offices are designating special days for kids to come in and exchange their Halloween candies for cash or gift cards.  All candy collected will be sent to U.S. military troops via Operation Gratitude, [...]

Temecula Dental Practice and Orthodontics, a Smile Generation –approved office recently held a Back to School Collection Drive. Patients who donated school supplies received 20% off dental treatment.  From September 1-30, Pacific Dental Group and Orthodontics and Meadows Dental Group, both Smile Generation-approved offices in Temecula are giving back to local schools in the Temecula [...]