Touro College of Dental Medicine (TCDM) in Valhalla recently completed its month-long celebration, “Give Kids A Smile!,” where kids and teens were able to receive free oral health care, as well as participate in a variety of virtual, fun programs during National Children”™s Dental Health Month in February.
This fourth annual smile event provided more than 40 children with free dental screenings, cleanings, x-rays, fluoride, sealants and preventive restorations at Touro Dental Health, the 115-chair, 32,000-square-foot dental teaching practice of TCDM. Throughout February hundreds of kids participated in online seminars, a video challenge and contests.
“It”™s very valuable,” said Samoina Malloy, who brought her four children for Give Kids A Smile! dental screenings for the first time since moving from Brooklyn to Westchester. “I decided to come here because I could bring the whole family.”
While it is traditionally celebrated in-person, faculty and students were committed to continuing the tradition of Give Kids A Smile! with the health and safety of patients, faculty and students at the top of mind. Through new virtual programming, TCDM extended oral health awareness and education more broadly than ever before to children throughout the region and beyond.
