Word of Mouth

Today is World Water Day. It’s been a little over two and a half years since we did our first drive with charity: water The Smile Generation raised $13,000 and provided clean drinking water to three villages in Ethiopia. Since then, we’ve raised $92,000 to help the Haitian Village of Kampech. PDS employees raised $30,000 to [...]

Take 560 stone tiles painted for pathway, 200 volunteers, 160 – 80 lb bags of concrete, 125 cubic yards of mulch, 28 plants and bushes, 118 patients, 8 deck benches and planters, 4 planter benches and what do you get? One incredible day building a playground for Casa Ramona Academy in San Bernardino, CA in [...]

IRVINE, Calif. (Insert Date) – On September 23rd, 2011, five of the best dentists from Pacific Dental Services (PDS) -affiliated offices will travel to Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, to once again serve the dental needs of the Ethiopian people. Last year, the Pacific Dental Services team also visited Ethiopia, where they saw [...]

On Saturday, August 13, 2011, over 140 Smile Generation approved dentist offices and 1200 volunteers served their communities by participating in the first ever Smile Gen Serve Day. The dental offices provided pro-bono treatment to those in need – about 450 fillings, 332 extractions, over 150 CEREC single day visit dental restorations, and hundreds of [...]

On July 14, seven members of the Smile Generation headed out to the Mission at Natuvu Creek on the island of Vanua Levu, Fiji’s second largest island to provide free dental services to those in need. The Mission at Natuvu Creek was built to serve the rural people of Fiji. With four dentists and three [...]

Last May 7th, 2011, the Smile Generation participated in two Race for the Cure events – one in Sacramento and another in Southern Nevada. Our Smile Generation-affiliated offices sponsored Race for the Cure teams – recruiting members from our various dentists’ offices, family and friends in the Sacramento and Nevada areas. Susan G. Komen Race [...]

We Serve Assistant Rachael Parker recently received an award on behalf of PDS from the American Red Cross during a sponsorship recognition breakfast at the Irvine Marriott. According to Rachael, “We won the Platinum Award, the highest Achievement Award given because we increased our total collected units by 123% in 2010!” On April 11, 2011, [...]