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-- Elizabeth Andrews, DDS, MS
It’s rewarding to give back their smile. “
“I really think it will help me, because when you meet Smiles for Success helps women who are trying to turn
someone, the first thing you look at is their face. their lives around, said fourth-year College of Dental
When they smile, you look at their teeth,” Brown said. Medicine student Ayesha Sultan, DMD ’15. Brown is a
“It really says something about a “wonderful” patient who
person when they have a nice arrives early for appointments
smile. If I go on a job interview, I and is appreciative and
am able to represent myself in a thankful for the work being
better light. I think that’s done, Sultan said.
important.”
Volunteering for these types of
AAWD pays about $1,200 per activities is important, she said.
patient – covering examinations,
X-rays, simple procedures and “It keeps you compassionate,
cleanings. The goal is for women and not just focused on getting
to find work with the help of the free assistance, and your degree,” Sultan said. “You should always give
then get dental insurance through their employer so back to the community.”
they can receive more comprehensive care. Dental care has been a significant challenge for
women who have been released from prison, said
WesternU has provided about $19,000 worth of dental
services to seven women through the Smiles for Sister Terry Dodge, SSL, executive director of
Success program, said College of Dental Medicine Crossroads
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Elizabeth “There wasn’t anything available to them. They have
Andrews, DDS, MS.
no financial assistance, and they weren’t eligible for
An important part of being a provider is to take care of Medicare or Medi-Cal,” she said. “Smiles for Success is
whoever is most in need in the community, Andrews a godsend, really, for the women. We’re talking about
said. the forgotten here.”
“It’s great to show students how impactful you can be For those women who were drug users, often the first
to somebody who hasn’t had that at their fingertips thing to go is the teeth, Dodge said.
for most of their lives,” she said. “It’s rewarding for “For so many of the women who come through here,
students to see women come alive and feel good about smiling is not done freely. If it’s done, it’s behind a
themselves, where maybe they haven’t in the past. It’s hand,” she said. “Being able to smile, being able to
an important component of being a health care present yourself in a job interview, is important. You
provider. It’s rewarding to give back their smile.”
want to smile. So it makes a huge difference.
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-- Elizabeth Andrews, DDS, MS
It’s rewarding to give back their smile. “
“I really think it will help me, because when you meet Smiles for Success helps women who are trying to turn
someone, the first thing you look at is their face. their lives around, said fourth-year College of Dental
When they smile, you look at their teeth,” Brown said. Medicine student Ayesha Sultan, DMD ’15. Brown is a
“It really says something about a “wonderful” patient who
person when they have a nice arrives early for appointments
smile. If I go on a job interview, I and is appreciative and
am able to represent myself in a thankful for the work being
better light. I think that’s done, Sultan said.
important.”
Volunteering for these types of
AAWD pays about $1,200 per activities is important, she said.
patient – covering examinations,
X-rays, simple procedures and “It keeps you compassionate,
cleanings. The goal is for women and not just focused on getting
to find work with the help of the free assistance, and your degree,” Sultan said. “You should always give
then get dental insurance through their employer so back to the community.”
they can receive more comprehensive care. Dental care has been a significant challenge for
women who have been released from prison, said
WesternU has provided about $19,000 worth of dental
services to seven women through the Smiles for Sister Terry Dodge, SSL, executive director of
Success program, said College of Dental Medicine Crossroads
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Elizabeth “There wasn’t anything available to them. They have
Andrews, DDS, MS.
no financial assistance, and they weren’t eligible for
An important part of being a provider is to take care of Medicare or Medi-Cal,” she said. “Smiles for Success is
whoever is most in need in the community, Andrews a godsend, really, for the women. We’re talking about
said. the forgotten here.”
“It’s great to show students how impactful you can be For those women who were drug users, often the first
to somebody who hasn’t had that at their fingertips thing to go is the teeth, Dodge said.
for most of their lives,” she said. “It’s rewarding for “For so many of the women who come through here,
students to see women come alive and feel good about smiling is not done freely. If it’s done, it’s behind a
themselves, where maybe they haven’t in the past. It’s hand,” she said. “Being able to smile, being able to
an important component of being a health care present yourself in a job interview, is important. You
provider. It’s rewarding to give back their smile.”
want to smile. So it makes a huge difference.
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