Restore Smiles. Prevent Decay.

Restore Smiles. Prevent Decay.

HELP A KID SMILE
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Restore Smiles.
Prevent Decay.

Help a kid smile

Bring the
Smiles Back

More Smiles Campaign

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Tooth decay is an inconvenience for most families. But for many children, treatment is out of reach. They live each day in pain. They miss school. They can’t sleep. Even eating hurts. They lose teeth and risk dangerous infections that can be deadly.

How does this happen in the wealthiest country in the world?

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Tooth decay is an inconvenience for most families. But for many children, treatment is out of reach. They live each day in pain. They miss school. They can’t sleep. Even eating hurts. They lose teeth and risk dangerous infections that can be deadly.

How does this happen in the wealthiest country in the world?

Unawareness that tooth decay is a contagious disease

Lack of basic oral health products

Absence of Medicaid

In some cases, parental neglect

Belief that baby teeth don't matter

Failure to form good oral health habits

Restricted access to dentists
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Homelessness

Inability to pay for dental care

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We believe every child deserves a healthy smile.

As a resource provider, we increase access to oral health care by supporting nonprofit clinics and community partners delivering education, prevention and treatment services for underserved children.

We teach families why oral health is important and how to take care of their mouths.

We provide funding so low-income families can access dental care.

We supply basic oral hygiene products for daily care.

GIFTS IN ACTION:

Septodont Donation Helps Clinics Provide Pain-Free Care

It only takes one painful experience in the dental chair to cause anxiety and fear of all dental treatment. When our program members have the supplies they need to provide pain-free dental procedures, their patients are much more likely to return for routine and preventive treatments

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GIFTS IN ACTION:

Oral Health Advocates Share Why Smiles Matter.

Our 2023 Dental Hygiene Month campaign a huge success thanks to oral health advocates who accessed our free resources to teach an estimated 162,000 kids and parents about the importance of a healthy smile during My Smile Matters!

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GIFTS IN ACTION:

Smile Drive Benefits Families After Wildfire

When Vivienne Hill, age 10, heard about the devastation in Maui, she was immediately concerned for her friend Moena. The girls had been fast friends since meeting at a Miss Elementary America National Pageant two years ago. After reading the list of items needed for the impacted families in Maui, Vivienne, the daughter of a dentist, registered her Smile Drive and rallied her friends to give.

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Give a child a healthy smile.

Your support makes it possible to end dental pain and restore healthy smiles!

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TCDC would like to thank each and every one of your donors for their continued support. Together we are making a positive difference in the lives of thousands of dentally underserved children and their caregivers in the local communities who otherwise would have nowhere else to go for access to quality oral health care.

Dr. Dennis Young

CEP & President, The Community Dental Center of Greater Los Angeles

Inglewood, California

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HERO Program

The Health Education Resources and Outreach Program (HERO) works to identify and address the unique oral health challenges of individual communities. With the help of our Oral Health Action Heroes, we can educate and change habits on a local level.

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Our impact, by the numbers.

14,792,172

Number of children and caregivers who received oral health services and education through the programs and clinics supported by America’s ToothFairy since 2006.

Thanks to the operational support of our Underwriters, 100% of donations received through this website go directly to support our programs.

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