Caring for the Community
It’s back! This February 7to7 Dental & Orthodontics once again will offer their day of free dental care. Last year, due to COVID restrictions, the offices each made a dream come true for five patients who needed extensive dental work. But this year, Dental Hope returns to business as usual and will mark the ninth time its professionals provide free dental care for hundreds of adult patients at the Braun Road 7to7 Dental Office located at 10103 W. Loop 1604. On February 19, the other offices divert all their staff and equipment to dedicate the entire day to give back to the community. 7to7 Dental’s 34 doctors and 250 staff members will be busy from dawn to dusk offering a cleaning, extraction and/or filling at no charge to each person in line by 10 a.m. Some patients wait in the cars overnight to secure their place, said Director of Marketing Travis DeZuba. 7to7 Dental has recruited professional peers, dental supply companies and local businesses to donate goods and time to allow them to give every patient what they need.
“It’s everyone’s favorite day of the year,” Travis said, “because of how many people we get to help — we’re expecting more than 200 patients!” Dental Hope is reserved for adults, because often parents will sacrifice their oral health care when money is tight. Dental Hope is a way to relieve the financial burden and be a good neighbor to the community.
Travis remembers one patient who literally slept in her car in front of the office all night several years ago so she could be the first in line for Dental Hope. She had been in great pain with a toothache, but she couldn’t afford the dental treatment. She ended up needing an extraction, which relieved the problem. She was so pleased to be out of pain that she hugged everyone repeatedly as she left, thanking them again and again for helping her.
The event could not take place without the help of partners and supporters from the community, Travis said. Check 7to7’s website and social media pages to find shout-outs and thanks to all whose contributions make Dental Hope possible.
The professionals at 7to7 Dental & Orthodontics care about your oral health and are available 7 a.m.- 7 p.m., seven days a week, for dentistry for the whole family and emergencies. 7to7 Dental is a local business, grown in 14 years from the practice of one dentist and six staff. Co-Owners Tiffany Winburn, D.M.D., and Justin Coke, and many of the 250 staff members live in Stone Oak with their families and are part of the community.