HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio, Aug. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Bright Now!® Dental's Ohio Team hosted it's second Day of Giving for 2018 on August 25, where they provided free dental care for nearly 40 individuals in need from the local Huber Heights community.
"Words cannot express how grateful I am for this event today," said patient Nathana. Nathana was experiencing severe pain in one of her molars and was feeling anxious about coming to the dentist after many years. She said the team was very professional and friendly and were able to finally get her out of pain.
Smiles for Everyone Foundation partnered with local nonprofit organizations to help pre-screen and refer patients like Nathana to the dental clinic. Partners include homeless shelters and support services organizations such as Miami Valley Community Action Partnership, Ohio Amvets, YWCA Dayton, and Homefull.
Volunteer providers at the Huber Heights Day of Giving included Dr. Stephen Harlan, Dr. Prisca Khadka Chhetri Dhakal, Dr. Kavitha Pingali, Dr. Bradly Russell, Dr. Navdeep Sandhu, and Dr. Randa Zarka.
This was the second Day of Giving that Bright Now! Dental Ohio hosted this year, the first being in Lorain. Between the two Days of Giving, the Ohio Team has provided care for over 100 patients, delivering nearly $100,000 in donated dentistry in 2018!
Since 2011, Smiles for Everyone Foundation has delivered over 17,000 Smiles and provided over $13 million in donated dentistry around the world. The next Day of Giving the Foundation will be hosting will be at Castle Dental® in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, September 15. Please visit http://www.smilesforeveryone.org for more information.
About Bright Now!® Dental
Bright Now! Dental provides general dentistry, children's dentistry and, in select locations, specialty care services such as orthodontics, oral surgery, periodontics and endodontics at over 150 offices across Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and Washington. Bright Now! Dental's Huber Heights office is operated by Modern Dental Professionals - Sandhu, Inc. (the "Group"). The Group is affiliated with Smile Brands Inc., one of the largest providers of business support services to dental groups in the United States. Smile Brands Inc. provides comprehensive business support services through exclusive long-term service agreements with affiliated dental groups, so dentists can spend more time caring for their patients and less time on the administrative, marketing and financial aspects of operating a dental practice. Smile Brands is a portfolio company of Gryphon Investors ("Gryphon"), a leading middle-market private equity firm based in San Francisco, CA. For more information, visit http://www.smilebrands.com.
About the Smiles For Everyone Foundation
The Smiles for Everyone Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the mission of delivering smiles for everyone by providing free dental care for those in need, both at home in the U.S. and around the world. Since 2011, the Smiles for Everyone Foundation has delivered over 17,000 smiles and $13 million in donated dentistry. The foundation currently supports programs that provide free dental care to those in need in Cambodia, Ghana, Laos, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Thailand and the United States. For more information or to make a donation, visit http://www.smilesforeveryone.org.
Contacts:
Bright Now! Dental
Jody Martin
PR(at)smilebrands(dot)com
714.427.1299
Smiles for Everyone Foundation
Crystal Strait
crystal.strait(at)smilesforeveryone(dot)org
714.824.5037
SOURCE Bright Now! Dental
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