02/23/2023
We're so proud of Dr. Tonya and the work she does with Save a Smile, a nonprofit program led by Cook Children's that provides preventive and restorative dental care for children from low-income families. As program director, she manages a network of volunteer dentists who provide free exams and dental care for children in our community. In this beautiful story she volunteered her own services to provide life-changing care to three sweet sisters who had been living with severe dental pain.
Story by Eline Wiggins. Video by Tom Riehm.Three little girls’ lives were changed when Save a Smile provided more than $11,000 in dental care to restore their smiles. Britani, Skarli and Ashley Ortiz were in so much pain from dental decay that they frequently went to the nurse’s office at school...