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Give Kids A Smile

Program

A student participates in the Dental playroom during Give Kids A Smile Day at
Central Carolina Community College.

A sign outside identified the Central Carolina Community Col- But what was really happening was far more important. In a
lege building as the Keller Health Sciences Building. But for large room lined with about 20 large cubicles, each one fur-
one day, up on the second floor, it felt more like the county nished with a dental chair and state-of-the-art equipment, all
fairgrounds. of the children received free dental care that could protect their
teeth for years to come — and enhance their overall health.
On one end of the long hallway, under a window overlooking
the civic center, two rows of children were taking turns lobbing Give Kids a Smile is offered each year by the CCCC Dental
beanbags toward the target in a game called “cornhole.” At the Programs with Southern Smiles Pediatric Dentistry and San-
other end, across from an x-ray lab, another group was watch- ford Pediatric Dentistry, two local practices led by dentists with
ing a movie and munching away at some healthy snacks. And strong ties to the college. In fact, Dr. Ray Tseng of Southern
in between, there was a room for face painting and another for Smiles Pediatric Dentistry has his name on the wall downstairs
games — including a dental-themed station where the children — the dental clinic was named in honor of him and his wife,
got dressed up in medical garb and used oversized toothbrush- Tina — and the dental programs, themselves, have been named
es to scrub the teeth of three stuffed animals. after Dr. Antonio Braithwaite from Sanford Pediatric Dentistry.
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