NO-COST PROGRAM GIVES KIDS SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT USC DENTAL STUDENTS PROVIDE FREE EXAMS, FOLLOW-UP.Byline: CAROL ROCK Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY -- More than 100 Canyon Country children will have brighter smiles in the coming week, thanks to dozens of volunteers and a grocery store's generosity. The Foundation for Children's Dental Health, working with local schools and health offices, matched children in need with dental students willing to help. In five trailers set up in a church parking lot, 39 dentists from the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission performed exams, did X-rays and will spend the next seven days doing fillings, extractions, pulp removals and crowns at no cost to their young patients. ``So far we've seen 110 kids for a general consultation,'' said Ericka Watson, executive director of the foundation. ``Throughout the week, they will come back for treatment.'' A handful of Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. dentists help with the initial screenings and local volunteers step in to provide translation services as needed as needed prn. See prn order. . Watson said 10 interpreters had been working all day Friday. ``A lot of children have so much decay, when you look at their mouths, you think they must be in so much pain,'' she said. ``But they get to the point where they don't feel pain anymore. Some of those kids have to come back for treatment every day we're here.'' The foundation's mobile dental units provide service to various locations throughout the Southland south·land or South·land n. A region in the south of a country or an area. south  land·er n.Noun 1. , including Visalia and Bakersfield. A return trip to Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, is planned for October. A $40,000 grant from Albertsons covered the hard costs of bringing the dental services for this visit as well as providing nutritional information for patients and their families to help with their future dental and physical well-being. carol.rock(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5252 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Fatima Guttierez, 5, colors a bright smile while waiting for a free checkup check·up n. 1. An examination or inspection. 2. A general physical examination. checkup See Yearly checkup. in the USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. Mobile Clinic at the Church of Latter-day Saints in Canyon Country on Friday morning. More than 100 area children have received free dental care this week. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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