Atlanta Dental Spa joined the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry’s Give Back A Smile (GBAS) program, which offers smile improvements to victims of domestic abuse. Many dentists offer whitening or bonding services to GBAS, but ADS wanted to give more. We worked as a team to perform full-mouth reconstructions on GBAS patients. These women sadly lost several teeth as a result of domestic violence. The women were reminded of tumultuous and painful pasts each time they looked in the mirror. Now, they are greeted by a gorgeous smile and encouraged to press on. The newly created smiles can help to erase lingering memories associated with their pasts. These women are survivors and honor them for their strength, courage, and resilience as they conquer abuse and pain to better themselves and their children.

Atlanta Dental Spa created our own foundation: the Reason to Smile Foundation. We wanted to do something big for someone. We asked for video entries and sent our message around the world. We received an amazing response and selected a winner from the submissions, a woman by the name of Carolyn. Here is her story, submitted by her sister Donna.

We flew Carolyn to Atlanta for a makeover week with Atlanta Dental Spa. In the process we realized that, even though Carolyn won our contest, WE were the big winners. Carolyn is an AMAZING force who has walked a very tough walk in life. But, you won’t find her stopping to think about her bad fortune. She spends her time every day thinking about how she can best help others. In fact, she told us it was actually hard for her to win our contest because she’s not used to being on the other side as the one who is having things done for her. We were able to correct Carolyn’s bite and give her a new beautiful smile. Here is video of Carolyn’s smile makeover reveal: