Give a Smile™ - Goals & objectives

Goals & objectives

The foremost goal of Give a Smile™ is quite simply to give a smile
to people who receive orthodontic care through the program.

However, it is envisaged that the program will also give a smile
to the following people:

Give a Smile™ Orthodontists
Give a Smile™ Orthodontists’ staff
Give a Smile™ pro-bono partners
Give a Smile™ patients’ family and friends

From the outset of the program in 2005, the measurable
objectives of the Give a Smile™ program were:

To have 20 percent of ASO orthodontists participate in
Give a Smile’s™ inaugural year.
To promote the concept and benefits of Give a Smile™
to all ASO orthodontists throughout 2005 in a bid to double
the members’ participation rate in 2006 to 40 percent.
To reduce waiting lists for orthodontic services in Australia’s
public health system by a total of 80 places in Give a Smile’s™
inaugural year.
Through the increased participation of ASO orthodontists,
to double the reduction of places on waiting lists for orthodontic
services in Australia’s public health system in 2006 by a total
of 160 places.

However, by the end of 2005, Give a Smile™ had attracted more than
40% of ASO members to the program, and by mid-2006 the total had
exceeded 50%. This equated to a reduction of places on waiting lists
for orthodontic services in Australia’s public health system by more
than 200 places, significantly more than was anticipated.

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