The Smile Generation [official blog]

“Tooth decay affects more than one-fourth of U.S. children aged 2–5 years and half of those aged 12–15 years. About half of all children and two-thirds of adolescents aged 12–19 years from lower-income families have had decay.”  This was one of the findings in a study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [...]

Studies show that over 133 students drop out of school every school day and only 45% of Nevada’s high school students graduate. During the past year the Smile Generation-affiliated offices in the Nevada Region partnered with Communities in Schools of Southern Nevada (CIS) to provide community support which helps students feel enriched, empowered and help [...]

Smile Generation-approved offices Tierrasanta Dental Group,  Stonecrest Dental Group and Orthodontics, Camino Dental Group, Gateway Dental Group  and South Oceanside Dental Group in San Diego County  joined forces  to collect 1600 pairs of socks for the homeless of San Diego last October.  The drive dubbed “Sock It to the Mission in Socktober” was spearheaded by [...]

We’re building a playground!  That’s right, volunteers from The Smile Generation and KaBOOM!, the national non-profit dedicated to saving play, have partnered with Casa Ramona Academy to build a new child-designed playground at the school in San Bernardino with hundreds of volunteers in one day. The playground build will take place on Saturday, November 12, [...]

We are happy to share that some of our Smile Generation offices in San Diego recently contributed toothbrushes in support of the Back to School Brigade of Operation Homefront Southern California, an organization that provides assistance to the families of our service members and wounded warriors. The project was spearheaded by Kevin Schieffer of Tierrasanta [...]

On Saturday, August 13, 2011, over 140 Smile Generation approved dentist offices and 1200 volunteers served their communities by participating in the first ever Smile Gen Serve Day. The dental offices provided pro-bono treatment to those in need – about 450 fillings, 332 extractions, over 150 CEREC single day visit dental restorations, and hundreds of [...]

Last May 7th, 2011, the Smile Generation participated in two Race for the Cure events – one in Sacramento and another in Southern Nevada. Our Smile Generation-affiliated offices sponsored Race for the Cure teams – recruiting members from our various dentists’ offices, family and friends in the Sacramento and Nevada areas. Susan G. Komen Race [...]

One weekend last April, Tempe Modern Dentistry and Every Kid’s Dentist and Orthodontics in Arizona, members of our Smile Generation family, had the amazing opportunity to host a booth at the Tempe MY Fest ‘ll.  Members of the  Magellan Youth Leaders Inspiring Future Empowerment (MY LIFE) Arizona hosted and produced the event. MY LIFE is [...]