Giving Back

Lee Dental Care team has created a giving office culture by donating their time, skill, and resources to those who cannot afford dentistry.

Our Teams came together to hold Dentistry From the Heart for five consecutive years from 2015 through 2019.  In 2021, we held a Day of Free Dentistry for Veterans.

In 2022, Dr. Paul founded Smiles for the Community, a non-profit organization devoted to sponsoring Free Dental Care Days. On November 19, 2022, the first Smiles for the Community Free Dental Care Day will be held at Lee Dental Care in Fort Myers. The Lee Dental Care team along with the teams from their sister practices that belong to the Blue Sea Dental family of dental offices donate their time to a free dental care day each year.

At our most recent event, held in November 2023, we saw 228 patients and donated $75,068 in dental care services to community members who did not otherwise have access to dental care. Future events are planned. Information can be found by visiting the Smiles for the Community website or by following STFC on Facebook or Instagram

 

In addition the our yearly free dental days, Dr. Uliasz and other Lee Dental Care team members have participated in FLA-MOM, the Florida Mission of Mercy, a two-day, professional dental clinic that provides care to any patient at no cost to them, with the goal of serving the under-served and uninsured in Florida.

On a global level, Dr. Uliasz has traveled to the Dominican Republic on mission trips where, together with other dentists, he has performed surgeries and bone grafts, placed implants, and helped many patients restore their teeth. 

The practice and its team members also donate to various local, national, and international charitable and environmental causes throughout the year. Some examples include relief efforts for areas affected by disasters, WaterServe (dedicated to improving water access in Africa), 4Ocean (dedicated to cleaning our oceans), the Annual 5K for Head & Neck Cancer, and PPE donations to the Red Cross during the height of the COVID crisis among many others.