Free dental care offered to veteran heroes in Mesa

A Mesa Dental office is saying thank you to our veterans today. My Dental Dentistry and Implants is hosting its 11th annual Veterans Smile Day. They offer a free same-day dental care to local heroes. Desiree Flewellen has the details. Good evening, you guys. Yeah, happy Veterans Day to everybody watching as well. We're here in Mesa at My Dental Dentistry and Implants, you guys. Look at these amazing veterans. We thank them so much for their sacrifice. They are coming in today to get some dental work that they may need. And you can see the office staff here excited to welcome them in. We're here with Dr. Fulcher today. Why did you decide to give back on this Veterans Day? Yeah, so Veterans Day is a special day to me. My dad served in the military. I was born at And then being in dentistry, I came to realize how significant the need was for our veteran community. Very underserved as far as the benefits they receive, and so we're able to give back and just help support what they need. Well, you have such a beautiful space to welcome them in today and an amazing staff. Walk us through a little bit of what they get today, the red carpet treatment. Yeah, kind of everything. So we've got... Three, four hygienists working, doing cleanings. We've got five doctors working, anything from fillings, crowns, root canals. Extractions, implants, kind of everything, the full gamut. You name it. Yeah. Okay. So each of these rooms are full. That's incredible. How many veterans can you serve on a day like today? Typically, we'll see around 40 to 60 veterans, and we'll usually do upwards of $100,000 to $150,000 worth of dental work today. Wow. Incredible. And this is how many years for your office? This is our 11th year doing this Veterans Smile event. Yep. All right. Incredible. Well, before we send it back to you guys, we're getting this crew on. Wave. Team behind you, doctor. Who do we have here? This is my wife, Shari. We've been together since ninth grade. So we're high school sweethearts. We've been married 23 years. And then my oldest, Bella, Grayson, and Remy. So that's the crew. Beautiful family. Thank you. Love that. All right, you guys. So you know where to come next year if you do need some work on this Veterans Day here at My Dental in Mesa.