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COMPANY INFO
Helping Families With The Cost Of Braces & Changing Lives One Smile At A Time
The Virginia Brown Community Orthodontic Partnership was
established in 1997 as a community-based orthodontic program to help children
from families who could not afford the full cost of braces, whose self-esteem
was impacted by having crooked teeth, receive orthodontic treatment. Now known
as Smiles Change Lives (SCL), it has grown into a national organization with
close to 750 orthodontists participating in the program. To date, over 15,000
children nationwide have received life-changing orthodontic treatment through
SCL.
This is due
to SCL’s unique model, which matches qualified children, who need orthodontic
treatment, with caring orthodontists willing to provide such treatment. Each
family must agree to abide by the program’s rules and contribute a set amount
to SCL to be approved for the program. SCL uses these funds to recruit more
doctors willing to treat more children. In this way, each family truly “pays it
forward” – by helping their own child, they are making it possible for the next
child to be treated as well. Since its inception, more than 98% of the children
approved for SCL have successfully completed treatment.
Our purpose
Smiles Change Lives provides access to life-changing orthodontic
treatment for children from families that cannot afford the full cost of
braces.
Based in
Kansas City, the program has treated more than 15,000 children since 1997. With
its origin as the Virginia Brown Community Orthodontic Partnership, Smiles
Change Lives has emerged as the nation’s leader in providing access to
orthodontic care for qualified youth.
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