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Bicycles zoom as flowers bloom
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Sheriff Clayton visits Ypsilanti Township
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Photo by American Dental Association
The Ypsilanti area dentist office of Kimberly Rice will be participating in the National Give Kids a Smile event Feb. 5.
Event part of national campaign
Jan. 20, 2010 · 7:29 a.m.
Updated Jan. 21, 2010
According to the American Dental Association, tooth decay is the most common chronic disease affecting American children, five times more common than asthma.
That’s why the Ypsilanti Township office of dentist Kimberly Rice is participating in the national “Give Kids a Smile” event. Families with children ages 10 and under who have no dental insurance are invited to sign up for one of 23 free appointments from 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 5.
For the second year in a row, Rice and her staff will help sponsor the “Give Kids a Smile” program, part of an annual national effort to provide free dental exams and cleaning to low-income children whose families have no dental insurance and cannot afford to pay for it. The program is co-sponsored by the American Dental Association.
“We want to give the kids a chance to get their teeth clean so they can have a healthy mouth,” Pam Brady, scheduling coordinator at the office, said.
In Washtenaw County, Rice’s dental office will join the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, in partnership with the Washtenaw District Dental Society Dental School, to give free dental services to the first 100 children Feb. 6.
Ypsilanti's Hope Dental Clinic will also be participating in the event Feb. 5. Becky Lewis, the Dental Clinic Coordinator, said the clinic will seeing about 20 children on that day.
"However, we give kids a smile everyday," Lewis said. "Because of the mission of our Clinic, we see children under the age of 17 everyday.
"We do make February 5th a Give Kids A Smile Day at our clinic and it is a special day with emphasis on children," she said.
Appointments for GKAS at the Kimberly Rice office Feb. 5 can be made by visiting the office, located at 529 N. Hewitt Road, or by calling (734) 434-3820.
Registration for the GKAS event at the U-M School of Dentistry begins at 9 a.m. Feb. 6. U-M will treat children 5 to 12 years old. Registration ends at noon.
For more information about the national GKAS event click here.
This story was updated to include information about the Hope Clinic's GKAS participation
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