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Dentists, students take day to treat children in need of dental care
Local elementary, middle students bused to Give Kids a Smile clinic
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Lanier Technical College instructor Vanessa Jones sees to a young patient Friday morning at the school's Oakwood campus during the Northern District Dental Society's sixth annual Give Kids a Smile clinic. Volunteer dentists, hygienists, assistants, students and other community helpers donate dental treatment at no cost to children.
“It gets kind of crazy,” David Byers, head of the dental hygiene program at Lanier Technical College, said Friday morning as about 100 volunteers provided free dental care to area students. As many as 200 children – elementary and middle school students – were expected to be treated during the day-long “Give Kids A Smile” clinic. Fifteen area dentists volunteered to work during the event.