The Smile Generation [official blog]

‘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 [...]

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 [...]

As part of the Smile Generation family of dental offices, North Rancho Cucamonga Dental Group and Orthodontics and Winery Estate Dental Group, both in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, participated in the second annual Smile Gen Serve Day last August 11th. On SmileGen Serve Day, they provided pro-bono treatment to community members with no access to dental [...]

Over 200 dental offices in the Smile Generation family served their local communities on August 11, 2012, by participating in the second annual Smile Gen Serve Day. The dental offices provided pro-bono treatment to community members who would not otherwise have access to dental care, and were able to help more than 1,400 people during this community outreach [...]

You may have heard the story:  a sister’s promise to do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever.  That promise became Susan G.  Komen for the Cure in 1982 which launched the global breast cancer movement. Every Race for the Cure raises critical funds and awareness for breast cancer. What’s more, each race [...]

“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, [...]