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… blossom. Yet, for all the joy she fostered in her classroom, some of her students still could not bring themselves to smile. It was their teeth. Their families just didn’t know about oral health and didn’t have money to spare on … are more likely to have missing or extra teeth and to experience tooth decay than their peers. Today, as a dentist at Smile Train partner Tess Unlimited in Guatemala, Brosly equips her patients’ parents to take care of their baby’s unique smile from the time they are born — because, as she always reminds them, the best way to ensure a child’s teeth remain in …
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… to heal a cleft It’s one of the most widespread myths of cleft care: “One surgery is all a child with a cleft needs to smile.” In fact, however, even after surgery, many children with clefts have missing, extra, or decaying teeth, making it impossible for them to confidently share their smiles with the world. That’s why Smile Train supports the vital work of specialists like Dr. Telma Gabriela Carnicer Leaño, a pediatric dentist at our …
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… Ashley Ochs Bio Ashley Ochs General Counsel Ashley serves as the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of Smile Train. She has worked with the organization in a leadership role since 2017. She currently oversees the full suite … operations, including Human Resources, Legal, and Information Systems and Technology. Ashley leads the implementation of Smile Train’s strategy and, along with her team, works to develop and implement changes in Smile Train’s operating model. Prior to joining Smile Train, Ashley practiced at the law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & …
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… Donating Stocks And Securities Donating Stocks And Securities Thank you for your interest in supporting Smile Train through a stock donation. Appreciated securities are perhaps the most cost-effective assets to use in making a gift. When you transfer ownership of long-term holdings to Smile Train, Inc., you receive a charitable deduction for their full market value — and you incur no capital gains tax … alert us in advance about the stock and number of shares you plan to give. You can do so by emailing nmcgann@smiletrain.org or calling Nick McGann at 646.751.3243. According to IRS regulations, the date of your gift corresponds …
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… Stanley Means Love Stanley Means Love A new dog comes to a small town and changes everything Here at Smile Train, if there’s anything we love almost as much as seeing people with clefts live their best lives, it’s dogs. … It was love at first sight for both. Stanley standing in his pen when he first saw Debbie “He had the most unique smile I had ever seen in my life,” Debbie remembers. Only love could have given Debbie the strength to handle the days … as a way to educate about clefts and help cleft-affected children in need. She did some research and immediately knew Smile Train was the cause for them. She reached out asking if Stanley could help us spread the message that it’s ok to be …
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… and with limited resources, to provide the safest, highest-quality treatment to patients in their own communities. At Smile Train, we’ve known the answer to this question from the start — the time to rethink the mission model was decades ago. Smile Train was founded in 1999 to champion a more effective model of care that invests in local patients and providers … 1.5 million surgical treatments over the last 20 years — a figure that dwarfs that of fly-in mission groups. “To date, Smile Train has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in strengthening local health systems, supported more than 1.5 …
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… around the world. Radiation Oncology Nurse Alyson Ferguson shares what led her to become a member of the inaugural Smile Train Cleft Community Advisory Council (CCAC) — a group whose personal experiences with clefts help advance Smile Train’s marketing initiatives and communication strategy. I was born, raised, and currently reside in Dutchess … her alveolar ridge in June of 2005. At the time, I didn’t know any craniofacial experts so cleft organizations like Smile Train were great resources for cleft-related information. My daughter inspires me — she’s shown strength and …
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… there is power in sharing. Teacher Consultant Ashley Barbour shares what led her to become a member of the inaugural Smile Train Cleft Community Advisory Council (CCAC) — a group whose personal experiences with clefts help advance Smile Train’s marketing initiatives and communication strategy. My name is Ashley Barbour. I’m a sweet, creative, … sharing that cleft-affected children will be okay. I was inspired, so I created my blog CleftLove: Learning to Love my Smile where I write about my experiences growing up and living as a cleft-affected person. As cliché, as it might sound, …
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… she knew she would find an answer. Her determination led her to Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), her local Smile Train partner. Learning Testimony would receive all the cleft care he ever needed for free thanks to the kindness … and already showing signs of decay; he even developed tiny legions in his mouth. In other words, he still struggled to smile. Thankfully, the family never needed to worry because Prof. Omolola Orenuga, the pediatric dentistry team lead at … acts of care. That’s why, rather than sending outside doctors on short-term missions into then out of places of need, Smile Train trains and equips local experts like Prof. Orenuga and the rest of the team at LUTH to provide the exact care …
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… they are also a tribute to the lifesaving difference your generosity makes possible around the world every single day. Smile Train was founded in 1999 with a simple idea: Local healthcare workers could provide better, timelier, and more … need it most. In fact, an economic impact report we commissioned this spring found that, since 2000, your support for Smile Train has added an additional $69 billion to the global economy. Thanks to you, we have so much to celebrate this … need to thrive. We have so much work left to do, and we know we're still just getting started. With you by our side, Smile Train will keep moving, keep innovating, keep healing, until the day comes when we’ve fully realized our vision: "A …
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… the few branches of healthcare that could never go remote. Adjusting braces via camera lens just seems impossible. But Smile Train partner Dentsply Sirona didn’t become the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and … by letting “impossible” stand in their way — or in the way of patients getting the treatment they need. At a workshop at Smile Train partner Clinica Noel in Medellin, Colombia , earlier this year, Dentsply Sirona worked with local oral health specialists Drs. Juan Pablo Gomez and Martha Mejía and Smile Train staff members to demonstrate one of their latest donations to the hospital: a remote monitoring structure for …
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… Denstply Sirona Dentsply Sirona and Smile Train Five-year partnership to innovate cleft care through digital solutions. All Corporate Partners Dentsply … to advance patient care and deliver better and safer dentistry. Advancing the Future of Cleft Care In September of 2021, Smile Train and Dentsply Sirona launched a five-year partnership to improve access to global oral health and create a … dental technologies for safe, efficient, and expert patient care. Dentsply Sirona’s $5 million USD financial donation to Smile Train will advance the future of cleft care by: Developing the first-ever global treatment standards and best …