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title: July 2024
description: "Discover June-July updates at Partnership Health Center: celebrating nine years of Partnership Dental Center, welcoming new employees, and a patient story!"
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# July 2024
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[Britt Eben](https://phcvaldosta.org/phccommunitynews/author/britt-eben)
Aug 20, 2024 12 min read
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Photo above: Hygienist Kristin Ogle and Director of Dental Services Sheila Bruhl position a patient for a diagnostic panorex x-ray.
## Changing lives one smile at a time!
Founded in 2015 by the late Dr. William Broadfoot, and Dr. Joe Kirbo, this year marks 9 years for the Partnership Dental Clinic. Nine years of smiles brightened, and volunteers making that possible.
Our dental clinic is built 100% on volunteer hours from local dentists, dental assistants, hygienists, and Wiregrass Tech students fulfilling their community service hours.
Through these volunteers we have provided $543,232 worth of services to 361 patients. That is over 3,000 procedures including exams, x-rays, cleanings, restorations, extractions and dentures.
We often underestimate the power of a smile. Smiles can lift a mood, improve someone’s day and change a life. As one patient said of receiving his dentures, “I smiled before, but now I glow.”
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Dr. Michael Marable and assistant Melissa Ryan perform a patient exam.
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Dr. Ron Shiver and assistants Melissa Ryan and Melissa Haskens take impressions for dentures. Patient could not come to them, so they went to the patient!
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Dental students from Wiregrass, VSU and Medical College of GA.
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Hygienist Kristin Ogle cleaning a patient's teeth.
Dr. Tomlinson examines a patient with the assistance of students.
> **THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS!**
>
> Dr. William Broadfoot, Dr. Joe Kirbo, Dr. Ron Shiver, Dr. Ranya Tomlinson, Dr. Dan Duggan, Dr. Lacey Hanson, Dr. Bo Broadfoot, Dr. Heather Colson, Dr. Milli Hunt, Dr. Dell Bennett, Dr. Sanders, Dr. Michael Marable, Dr. Castor and all of the Dental Assistants, Hygienists, and dental students!
## Aletha's Story
## Welcome Kimberly & Debbie!
## Celebrating!
## Gala 2024!
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[Britt Eben](https://phcvaldosta.org/phccommunitynews/author/britt-eben)
Britt Eben is the Director of Development at Partnership Health Center
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