Shwedel Dental, in Taylor, Michigan, held their 2nd Annual Dentistry From the Heart event on Saturday, September 25, 2010. Dr. Steven Shwedel and his team of 40+ volunteers, including Dr. Caroline Okonkowski, Dr. Scott Shwedel, Dr. Robert Antolak and Oral Surgeon Dr. Paul Ho, provided FREE dentistry to 130 people in need. Each person received a filling or an extraction or a cleaning. In total, almost $32,000 in dental services were performed between 8:00am and 5:00pm.
“As a growing number of Americans are out of a job or just don’t have dental insurance, we felt this was a great way to help address the problem and to give back to the community,” said Dr. Shwedel.
Dentistry From the Heart is a non-profit organization with a simple mission – making people smile. “Believe me, the smiles and thanks we received from all the people we treated made the long hours and hard work one of the most rewarding experiences of our lives,” said Dr. Shwedel.
Thanks and appreciation goes to all the businesses and groups that through their generous donations helped us make this event so successful. Benco Dental Supply, Crest/Oral B, City of Taylor DPW and Parks & Rec., Olson’s Rental, Acee Deucee and the Taylor Rotary as well as Texas Roadhouse and American Pie Pizza Buffet for providing food for the patients as well as the volunteers.
Dr. Shwedel and his volunteers have already marked their calendars in anticipation of their third annual Dentistry From the Heart event to be held on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011.
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