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The "Tacoma Dental Society", now known as the Pierce County Dental Society
was organized in 1887. Currently the Society has over 411 members. Of those members, over 331 are practicing and 78 are retired or have a permanent waiver. 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. To provide information on current dental issues, act as a liaison to the outside community, and serve as a support to its member dentists, the Society has a Central Office. It has one full-time and one 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 open to the public. The day provides such events as no cost dental screenings, games, contests, face painting, goodie bags and more. Attendance has reached over 1,000 in past years.The 2008 Children's Dental Health Day will be held at the Puyallup, South Hill Mall on Saturday, February 2rd, 2008. Click Here for Information about the Free, Fun Event The 2008 Children's Dental Health Day was held at the Puyallup, South Hill Mall on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008. An extra special thanks to Dr. Dearl Olsen the chair of Dental Health Day! A special thanks to the following Pierce County Dental Society member dentists who were involved in the 2008 Children's Dental Health Day:  Drs. David Andrew, Mark Arnold, Ted Baer, Michael Bailey, Al Bird, Stephen
Brooks, Duke Bui, Jeffrey Camm, Eugene Choy, Ellwood Davidson, John Dhane,
Richard Ferguson, Michael Gage, George Ghosn, Kristine Grace, Jordan Harris,
Brent Hassel, Jurgen Huck, Mary Jennings, Mark Kadoshima, Roy Kaldestad,
Sylvia Kim-Sioda, Phil Kiss, Paul Kutz, Denise Lo, Susan Louisse, Holly Lu,
Steven Marinkovich, Ebrahim Mirjalili, Thomas McAvoy, Bradley McPhee,
Anthony Milan, Mark Ngo, William Parker, Tim Quinn, Kelcey Rhodes, Ronald
Robbins, Chuck Samuels, Gary Shaw, Erika Smart, Matthew Stadler, Steve
Styskal, Greg Sutherland, Robert Temple, Steven Urback, Glorianne Walker,
Robert Webster, David Weller, Bob Williams, Kevin Xu, Greg ZimmerMany thanks to the following agencies who made the 2008 Dental Health Day a success: Bates Dental Clinic, Community Health Care Dental Clinic, Good Samaritan Celebrate Seniority, Lindquist Clinic for Children, Clover Park Dental Program, McChord Air Force Dental Program, Metropolitan Development Council  Homeless Service, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, Pierce College
Dental Hygiene Clinic, Pierce County Dental Foundation Give Kids a Smile
and Pierce County Dentists Care, Pierce County Oral Health Coalition,
Puyallup Tribal Authority, Puget Sound ECEAP, Sea-Mar Dental ClinicThank you to Ashley Anderson for being a gracious Tooth Fairy. 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 Man for putting smiles on many children's faces. The Society would also like to the thank Britanny B., Rose Kiser, Angela Fintoff, and Michelle Glaser 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: Henry Schein Dental, Omni Preventive Care, Patterson Dental, Proctor and Gamble, Valley Bank, and Washington Dental Service Foundation. Thank you for your generous donations.
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