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Free Dental Services to over 750,000 Children on Feb. 2
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Jan 30, 2007 - 12:33:03 PM

Fifth Annual National Give Kids A Smile Event Provides
Free Dental Services to over 750,000 Children on Feb. 2


(HealthNewsDigest.com).. CHICAGO, Jan. 30, 2007—More than 750,000 children from across the country will receive free dental services on Feb. 2 as part of the American Dental Association's (ADA) fifth annual Give Kids A Smile program.

Designed to focus national attention on the untreated oral disease among disadvantaged children, Give Kids A Smile is an annual one-day event that provides free educational and preventive and restorative services to children from low-income families. This year, over 51,000 dental professionals will volunteer their time to see children at more than 2,150 sites throughout the nation.

Click here http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/ada/26563/ to view the ADA’s Web-based press kit about Give Kids a Smile, including a map that lists events taking place in each state and statistics related to underserved children’s access to oral health care.

For more information about the ADA, visit the Association's Web site at www.ada.org.

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