Oral Health Company Lends Support for Kids in Need

Tampa-based ProBiora HealthTM is proudly sponsoring Creating Smiles One Mile at a Time, a historic bike ride across the country to benefit Smile For a Lifetime. 

 Smile For a Lifetime is a nonprofit organization that matches kids in need of orthodontic treatment with dental professionals eager to provide pro bono care. Services provided run the gamut from standard orthodontic care to oral surgery and other necessary procedures.

ProBiora Health offers oral-care probiotics containing ProBiora3®, a patented strain of naturally occurring bacteria that balances the oral biome helping to mitigate tooth decay and gum disease.  This is especially critical for people in orthodontic treatment as brushing and flossing can be a challenge. 

The idea for the ride came from orthodontist Don Montano, DDS, in Bakersfield, California, and his friend and cycling buddy Robert Relle, DDS, FACS, an oral maxillofacial surgeon in Los Angeles, California. Montano is the Smile For a Lifetime board president and he and Relle have collaborated on several difficult cases through the organization. A cross country cycling trip was on both of their ‘bucket lists’ and they both agreed to use it to raise funds and awareness.

 The ride starts Saturday, September 12 at the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles.  The doctors will be accompanied by two additional cyclists who will also staff a support vehicle. It’s anticipated the ride will take five weeks, beginning on Route 66 then changing routes in southern Missouri. The plan is to finish the ride in mid- to late-October with a dip in the water at Virginia Beach.

Corporate sponsorships are still available and donations per mile are gratefully accepted. One hundred percent of the funds raised goes to orthodontic treatment for kids in need across the US.  For more information visit www.SmileForaLifetime.org.