Dentsply Sirona, the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, continues to live their vision of transforming dentistry to improve oral health globally. As such, the company has partnered with Smile Train since 2021 in a joint mission to advance the provision of safe and quality cleft care from diagnosis through the comprehensive care journey.
Susannah Schaefer, president and CEO of Smile Train, and Erania Brackett, Head of Sustainability at Dentsply Sirona, at DS World Las Vegas
Smile Train Makes History by World Record
Smile Train began their ambitious mission with a goal of reaching 20,000 participants, who were willing to upload pictures of their smile to an online photo album. Smile Train’s three-month world record campaign exceeded their goal, ultimately reaching over 20’000 participants who uploaded their smiles to the digital album. The company would like to thank every single employee, customer, and external partner who joined this campaign and shared their smile, helping set the record.
Dentsply Sirona Increases Smile Train Donation by Sixfold
Dentsply Sirona joined Smile Train’s call to invite everyone to share their smile, committing a $20,000 USD donation if the campaign was successful. During DS World 2023 in Las Vegas, however, Erania Brackett took stage to announce that Denstply Sirona would multiply their initial comittment by sixfold, increasing their donation to $120,000 USD if the campaign was successful.
“We are proud to help shine a light on the important work that Smile Train does to help children and all people with clefts around the world,” said Erania Brackett, senior vice president orthodontic aligner solutions & customer experience and head of sustainability at Dentsply Sirona, before handing the check to Susannah Schaefer, president and CEO of Smile Train, at the official ceremony event in Worcester, MA.
Partnership Enables Life-Changing Cleft Treatments
Dentsply Sirona’s donation will be used to support life-changing cleft surgeries for children around the world. Watch the Journey of Smiles documentary to better understand the impact of the Company’s donation. Since the beginning of the partnership with Smile Train in 2021, Dentsply Sirona has supported over 2,700 cleft surgeries.
”While many are unaware of craniofacial conditions, it’s estimated that 1 out of every 700 babies is born with a cleft lip and/or palate globally, impacting their ability to eat, speak and hear,” Susannah Schaefer explained. ”Through bringing understanding to clefts and the deep impact on children and their families, I am dedicated to Smile Train’s ongoing efforts to shed light on this complex condition and need to fund critical comprehensive care.”
If you’d like to contribute to Smile Train as well, please visit their website at https://donate.smiletrain.org/dentsplysirona to make a donation.
