OVIEDO, Fla. – A local dentist’s office spent its Saturday getting results for people in Oviedo by providing free dental care.
Your Oviedo Dentist has been holding the annual event for more than 10 years and said this year was one of the bigger turnouts.
Some people got in line for registration as early as 4 a.m. and some drove as far as South Tampa to receive care.
“It’s very energetic, very busy, we love it,” said Dr. An Ngyuen, a provider at Your Oviedo Dentist.
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Ngyuen has been with the practice since 2019. While she has participated in several of the “Free Dental Day” events, she said this year was especially busy.
“This year it seems like it’s a much bigger crowd than the previous years — I think we’re serving about 90 patients today,” Ngyuen said.
One of those patients was Maria Suarez.
She said she’s been coming to this event every year the practice has held it.
“The attention they give here to the people is really good, I have another dentist that they do other things, but I prefer Lopez,” Suarez said. “The only other thing, he doesn’t get my insurance, so that’s why I prefer coming here.”
But for Suarez, Saturday’s visit yielded more than a free teeth cleaning.
“I know a lot of the girls that work here, as I say connection; when I saw my cardiologist, I said, ‘Oh my gosh that’s so nice,’” Suarez said. “You know — I know that Angel — I call him Angel because I could be his mom. He’s from Puerto Rico and my doctor is from Puerto Rico, but I would never in my life would have thought they were husband and wife, it caught me by surprise.”
Registration closed early Saturday for free dental day.
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