Please note, as of Friday, March 13th Bright Smiles in temporarily closed until further notice to help stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Please watch for updates on our Facebook page and website.

Stay healthy everyone.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, please be advised:

Upon arrival in the reception area, please advise us if you have travelled to any locations confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to have confirmed cases of COVID-19, also known as the new coronavirus. Any travel completed between December and now is considered recent travel.

We advise that at least two weeks have passed since your return from one of the CDC-reported countries and no symptoms have presented, we can then proceed with the appointment.

We advise any client experiencing acute respiratory illness, including symptoms of fever, cough or shortness of breath, to remain home and reschedule appointments.

All clients are prescreened for any symptoms of communicable disease or acute respiratory infections such as influenza, fever, cough, vomiting, diarrhea, or cold and must be rescheduled in order to prevent the spread of microorganisms.

Screening will be completed before each appointment to determine whether a communicable disease risk exists and to assess the risk of exposure to blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions and non-intact skin and thus identify the strategies that will decrease exposure risk throughout the dental hygiene appointment.

Bright Smiles was pleased to be able to help The Salvation Army with their “care kits” this year by donating toothbrushes, floss, and toothpaste.

Bright Smiles recently had the pleasure of spending some time at Indian Creek Road Public School meeting with four grade 2 and 3 classes. We reviewed brushing, flossing, nutrition, and oral health and overall health.

The students had some wonderful questions and made for a fun afternoon of learning!

Thank you to Colgate’s “Bright Smiles, Bright Futures” for the toothbrushes and toothpaste for all 86 children.

On Saturday, Bright Smiles along with our amazing volunteers, hosted our 19th Give Where You Live charity day! We provided just shy of $2,000 in FREE dental hygiene services and have now reached over $45,000 in care provided at no cost to those in need in our community!

A special thank you to the Chatham Kent Public Health Unit and our lovely volunteers:

Katie Gagner
Isabelle Marie
Leeanne Pepper

The Gift from the Heart is a registered Canadian charity which links Canadians who experience barriers accessing oral health care with dental hygienists.

The Gift from the Heart vision and mission statements align with ours here at Bright Smiles and our Give Where You Live initiative.

The Gift from the Heart hopes for a future where all Canadians who experience barriers will have access to oral health care through a dental hygienist and ultimately experience improved overall health outcomes.

Bright Smiles has some pretty exciting news so stay tuned for an update coming soon!

To be nominated and a finalist for the Canadian Dental Hygienists Association’s “Dental Hygiene Superhero” award was an honour. A huge heartfelt congratulations to the winner, Dianna Major! Keep up the amazing work fellow dental hygienists!

Christine is volunteering at Cherryfest on Friday, July 19th! Get your sweet tooth fix and join us at Cherry Central! Serving up waffle boats, cherry pies, kettle corn, and so much more! All proceeds benefit the Blenheim Youth Centre.

On July 19th, 2019, we celebrated 3 years of helping make bright smiles! I have truly enjoyed every minute of this journey! I am beyond thankful to the community who has supported my business and continue to make my dreams a reality. I treasure the city I call home and look forward to another year of creating healthy and Bright Smiles!

Christine had the pleasure of spending the morning with Mr. Mark Benoit, Chair of the School of Academic Studies for the St. Clair College Chatham campus. After graduating from the Windsor campus over 13 years ago, she was able to visit the new Centre for Applied Health Sciences building and learn all about the innovative partnerships, research and development and programs they offer. She is proud to be SCC alumni!

On Saturday, June 1st, Bright Smiles in partnership with the Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit, provided $2,298.49 worth of FREE dental hygiene treatment to 14 people in need in our community.

Our “Give Where You Live” initiative has now provided over $38,000 in FREE dental care!

We couldn’t do a fraction of what we do without wonderful volunteers like:

• Melissa Bushey-Harling
• Cathy Kosis
• Leeanne Pepper
• April Postma

A huge thank you to the Chatham-Kent Community Health Centre for their time and hard work with booking this clinic for their clients in need.

This morning Leeanne from the Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit and Christine from Bright Smiles met with M.P.P. Rick Nicholls to discuss the free dental care for low income seniors announcement in the budget.

We continue to advocate for low income adults to be included in the plan and look forward to learning more as details about the plan are released.

On Sunday April 14th, in partnership with the Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit, we hosted our 14th “Give Where You Live” dental hygiene day. We provided $2,000 worth of FREE treatment. We have now provided $35,800 worth of care at no cost to people in need in our community!

We are so grateful for those who volunteered on Sunday to make the clinic a success. A huge heartfelt thank you to you too:

• April Postma
• Leeanne Pepper
• Sandy Visser