Aspiring Lubbock minister getting life-changing dental work by means of Smiles for Troopers
Lubbock army veteran William Cox was chosen this week as this 12 months’s recipient of a
Lubbock army veteran William Cox was chosen this week as this 12 months’s recipient of a free smile makeover by means of the Smiles For Troopers program.
The 39-year-old well being care unit clerk who’s seeking to turn into a Christian minister has been residing with just a few remaining enamel and was advised this week that he’ll obtain the life-changing present.
The transformative full-arch restoration process is supplied by Dr. Ioppolo of Hill & Ioppolo Oral & Dental Implant Surgical procedure of Lubbock’s fourth annual Smiles For Troopers program, in keeping with a information launch from the workplace.
Cox realized concerning the present throughout a shock announcement on the dental workplace, with Lubbock leaders together with Mayor Dan Pope and County Choose Curtis Parrish in attendance.
The Smiles For Troopers program reaches native veterans locally fighting poor oral well being who can’t afford the therapy on their very own throughout a month-long alternative to use to obtain a free $50,000 full-arch restoration process. Over the past 4 years, Dr. Ioppolo, a veteran himself, has donated $200,000 in free dental care to vets in want by means of the Smiles For Troopers program.
The process goals not solely to revive the particular person’s well being, but additionally give them the arrogance to make optimistic modifications of their life.
