How I Parent explores the ins and outs of modern day parenting with moms and dads from all over the world, who are raising their own unique families and sharing their best advice and most heartfelt lessons with PEOPLE. Our “normal” is very different than other families’, so our goal is to show our sons as much love… Read more »
Changing Lives
Michigan man receives implants through Second Chance program
A Beaverton father of 3 now has that confidence thanks to a team of dentists who are giving him a life-altering surgery. For years Timothy Smith did his best to hide his smile. Through even the happiest of moments– he tried to keep his teeth hidden. “Even in this interview I’m not trying to smile,… Read more »
OMS delivers pro bono care in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Dr. Daniel Quon has been an oral surgeon in Jackson for over 30 years. “Growing up in the family business, I knew that in order for you to gain something, you have to give back,” Quon said. “And being in the field of dentistry, we have a special gift that we… Read more »
OMSs help save teeth of special needs patients
Cheryl Closs, a mother of four from West Islip, N.Y., wanted to save her daughter Bella’s two front teeth. They were badly decayed, and one dentist wanted to just pull them out. But Ms. Closs was having none of it. Read full article
OMS gifts life-changing treatment to program winner
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A Hartford man has received a life-changing gift. It happened in January. Connor Vortherms received a $50,000 smile makeover from Siouxland Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Read full article
Dr. Bagby Promoted to Brigadier General
Brig. Gen. Shan K. Bagby, a native of Newark, is chief of the U.S. Army Dental Corps and its first African-American Army dental officer to be promoted to brigadier general. In one sense it was uneventful. But in another, a trip to the neighborhood health clinic helped shaped the course of his life. Shan K…. Read more »
OMS provides free full arch implant reconstruction to Smile Again program winner
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Lisa Weller didn’t smile big very often. It’s wasn’t that she’s not happy, it was something else. “Things like parent teacher conferences, I sit down with the teacher and I don’t want the teacher to judge my kid based on how my teeth look,” Wells said. “If I can’t take care… Read more »
Doctor and family honored for service with Mercy Ships
Dr. Gary Parker first volunteered aboard a Mercy Ships hospital ship thinking it would be a three-month journey. However, three months turned into 31 years, and Gary and his wife Susan, who he met on board, have devoted their lives to help those living without access to safe, timely and affordable surgical care. Read full… Read more »
Lubbock veteran benefits from surgeons’ gift of dental surgery
Gregory Arriaga is hoping to smile again. And dental surgeon Robert Ioppolo and partner Justin Bonner are attempting to make that happen with a free surgery that ordinarily would cost in excess of $50,000. Read full article
Boy from Haiti receives life-saving surgery
When a 9-year-old boy with a fast-growing tumor needed help immediately, and a group of Good Samaritans stepped in to provide life-saving surgery. Jean Olivier needed help he couldn’t get in his native Haiti, and his father was at the end of his bank account. Read full article
