"Tacoma Dental Society", now known as the Pierce County Dental Society was organized in 1887. Currently the Society has over 430 members. Approximately 80% of the dentists in Pierce County are members of the Dental Society. The Society is a non-profit agency. It is dedicated to furthering education, mutual support and better communication with the general public for the purpose of their better dental health. The Society has a Central Office to provide information on current dental issues, act as a liaison to the outside community, and serve as a support to its member dentists. It has one full-time and two part-time staff persons. The Central Office provides no-cost referral and mediation services for the public. Mediation is done for member dentists only. During the month of February, which is Dental Health Month, the Society organizes a Children's Dental Health Day. It is a free event which is open to the public. The day provides such events as no cost dental screenings, free fluoride varnish applications, face painting, goodie bags and more. Attendance over 1,000 in past years. The 2010 Children's Dental Health Day was held at the Puyallup, South Hill Mall on Saturday, February 6th, 2010. Click for Information about the Free, Fun Event! - Stay tuned - This event is scheduled for Saturday 5, 2011 An extra special thanks to Dr. Jordan Harris, the chair of Dental Health Day! Many thanks to the following agencies who made the 2010 Dental Health Day a success: Bates Dental Program, Boys & Girls Club, Clover Park Dental Program, Community Health Care Dental Clinic, Good Samaritan Celebrate Seniority, Lindquist Clinic for Children, Medical Teams International, Metropolitan Development Council Homeless Service Healthcare for the Homeless, Pierce County Dentists Care, Pierce College Dental Hygiene Clinic, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, Pierce County Oral Health Coalition, Puyallup Tribal Authority, Sea-Mar Dental Clinic, Willamette Dental, and The Balloon Woman Click Here to see photos of this fun event! Thank you to Clover Park and Bates Technical College Dental Assistant Students for helping with dental screenings, and to Pierce College Dental Hygiene Students for doing fluoride varnish applications. A special thanks to the Balloon Woman for putting smiles on many children's faces. The Society would also like to thank the Bates dental students for stuffing 1,000 dental health education goodie bags that were given to children on dental health day and handed out during local dental health classroom presentations. Our hats are off to the following sponsors who helped make the day possible: Burkhart, Pierce County Dental Foundation, Sonicare, Valley Bank, and Washington Dental Service Foundation. Thank you for your generous donations. A special thanks to the Pierce County Dental Society member dentists who were involved in the 2010 Children's Dental Health Day. David Andrew, Robert Andrew, Lisa Block, George Brain, Jamie Brooks, Stephen Brooks, Lisa Buttaro, Rich Coyner, John Dhane, Jill Hansen, Timothy Hardtke, Jordan Harris, Brent Hassel, Stuart Hersey, Jurgen Huck, Roy Kaldestad, Ronald Kuritani, Silvia La Rosa, Denise Lo, Ronald Lo, Thomas McAvoy, Bradley McPhee, Carol O’Brien, Scott Olsen, Sammy Pak, Donald Paradise, William Parker, Tim Quinn, Kelcey Rhodes, Kim Rioux, Claude Robertson, Nancy Rothbauer, Chuck Samuels, Gary Shaw, Eric Sohn, Jenne Stabbert, Matthew Stadler, Steve Styskal, Lotus Su, Greg Sutherland, Allan Tronset, Steven Urback, Jerry Walker, Kevin Xu, Gilsun Yu |
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