Community Outreach
Learning to Brush
The Ochoco Dental Team, provides oral hygiene instruction for a variety of community organizations. Children are taught the importance of maintaining clean teeth, as well as the proper methods and techniques for doing so. According to Dr. Ramos, “It is always a blast interacting with the young ones. They humble us with their profound sincerity, innocence, and surprising wit. On most days, I am not sure who receives the bigger education…I'll catch up one of these days.”
Ochoco Dental realizes the importance of education for its staff as well as our profession and the community. Participating and presenting at professional seminars, not only increases our knowledge, but that of the dental profession in our region. Supporting the education of our youth instills confidence, highlights opportunities and builds community.
DFO Tooth Taxi
- The Tooth Taxi is a 38' state-of-the-art dental office on wheels with two dental chairs and a full-time dentist and staff. It visits schools throughout Oregon to provide free dental care and oral health education to uninsured and underserved children.
- Since the Tooth Taxi launched in late fall 2008, it has visited over 254 schools/sites all over the State of Oregon, and served over 14,000 children while delivering over $4,053,000 in donated dental services.
Learn more here: Dental Foundation of Oregon
The Ochoco Dental team has helped create, organize, and sponsor the fun run/walk since its inception in 2013. This single event has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for distribution through local community grants as well as support for The Tooth Taxi, CCF Crook County on the Move, school sports teams and PE programs, and CCPRD Happy Healthy Hearts Program (sports scholarships).
