The University of Southern California partnered with a nonprofit organization and donors to unveil what’s billed as the world’s largest mobile dental clinic in Pasadena on Feb. 6, offering free dental care to more than 100 area children.

The Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC proudly cut the ribbon of the Ostrow School of Dentistry’s brand new 48-foot-long mobile dental clinic amid an afternoon of free dental care for 110 underserved youths from the Pasadena area. Following a brief ceremony at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, dentists and dental students got right back to work improving the oral health, and smiles, of the young patients.

The university teamed with Pasadena-based nonprofit Young & Healthy, dedicated to providing medical services to children in need in Pasadena, Altadena, South Pasadena and Sierra Madre. The organization works with families year round to identify need and offer referrals to free medical services, Program Director Whitney Harrison said.

“This is what gives me the satisfaction. This is where the rubber meets the road, literally,” USC Mobile Dental Clinic Director and Section Chair of Community Health Programs Dr. Santosh Sundaresan said.

To read more about how USC is helping families, including providing social services through USC School of Social Work student interns, visit the Pasadena Star-News.