World photo Don Seabrook oral surgeon Dr. Leonard Pierce, right, removes her gloves and prepares for another procedure, while her assistant, nurse, Julie Tichbourne completes work on Georgina Avila East Wenatchee Friday. Pierce took a hit from the mouth of Avila wisdom tooth. Pierce has been one of the 22 dentists and dozens of members of staff who helped needy patients during the third annual have dental Christmas day.
World photo Don Seabrook x-ray shows a sideways wisdom tooth should be fired during the open day and dental Friday.WENATCHEE - A hard throbbing teeth not rank high on anyone's Christmas list. But getting rid of nagging difficulty in teeth? Perhaps it is just a gift that can make the most brilliant holiday.
Dentists and hope gifts they released Friday will help more than 225 people to avoid a painful day this year. Twenty-two dentists and dozens of dental technicians, hygienists and dental pooled staff time and resources on Friday at three dental offices for their third annual have dental Christmas day.
"It's a very good thing." It is incredible, said Valente Guzman, aged 31, of East Wenatchee. Mouth of Guzman was numb and he always had a piece of gauze in his mouth where was once a molar infected. Mr. Fred Melton fired tooth. Guzman said that it has been recently laid off from his job as a bartender, which provides no insurance for him or his family. And his girlfriend, have three children, including a born last month. There evil in the teeth for three years, but go to a dentist seemed a luxury that he could not afford.
"I had not been to a dentist since 1999." "This aid actually", he said.
The event began in 2008 when Mr. Aaron Kelly extinguish a call to other dentists to do something for the many people who cannot afford to obtain dental assistance.
"We all see a lot of people and to make a fair amount of work of the Organization of charity, but we wanted to do something in a more organized manner," said Kelly. The number of dentists and assistants who volunteer has increased each year, he said, as the number of patients. "It has been extraordinary." We're getting dentists from outside of town now, Kashmir and Quincy. There are so many willingness to work. If you create a site, want to help. "Kelly said dental hygienists are planning a free day of teeth cleaning in February.
Eleven dentists were approximately 120 patients Friday Office belonged to Mr. Kelly and Ruston Edwards at 808 n. Miller St. side. Six dentists has worked in the Office of Dr. Steven Feldman, where 60 appointments have been reserved for the day Street. Another five dentists have volunteered to work on 50 patients in the Office of Dr. Steven Harvey Whitman Way.
Use Wenatchee Valley extinguish the word through public bodies and ads last month and has coordinated the appointments. Organization offers help to the needy for approximately 30 local churches.
Reverend Bob Shepard, Executive Director of the Valley to serve Wenatchee, said 225 people were screened and has held appointments, mainly for fillings and extractions.
"We had 170 people sign in the first day." "It is absolutely necessary," he said.
Mr. Leonard Pierce, an oral surgeon with 22 years of dental experience has taken over some of the more complex cases as the tooth of wisdom impacted Georgina Avila. He grew laterally in other newspaper and was badly infected.
"People are dead things like this in the past", he said, looking at an x-ray of Avila teeth. "It's an opportunity when we can forget the aspect of the company what we do and help people without insurance dental."
Avila, 34 years old, mother of three children, single and unemployed said through an interpreter and an extinct mouth after surgery that she never could afford the help she received on Friday. She said she was in pain during much of the past year.
Dr. John Darling specializes in aesthetic surgery, but he was happy to fill cavities Friday.
"There is not much shine here, but it is a good day's work base," he said. And the pay was good. "Not often get us a line of people eager to see a dentist.
Rick Steigmeyer: 664-7151
steigmeyer@wenatcheeworld.com
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