Local Impact

Cura Smiles is based in San Diego, California. At Cura, we believe in not only helping people globally but also in our own backyard. 

City Heights is a community in San Diego where many individuals and families lack access to essential medical and dental services. 

We currently operate a free dental clinic in City Heights at Mid-City Church of the Nazarene where we provide dental services to the community. In partnership with Point Loma Nazarene University, we provide training and service opportunities to the pre-health students. These future dental professionals help run the clinic and experience first hand the joy of providing basic dental care to our fellow San Diegans who are in need.


Global Impact

For the past 17 years we have provided dental care to under-served communities in Nicaragua. These communities have little or no access to dental care. Many children and individuals are living in pain with infected and decayed teeth. To ensure sustainable, long-term impact and empower the people of Nicaragua, we train and equip local dental students and professionals for ongoing dental health care services. 

We are in the process of taking the same model into Guatemala and working with their dental school to create opportunities to expand dentistry to more remote communities with limited or no access to much needed dental care.  (International operations have been suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.)

 

special thanks to our sponsors and in kind donors

Del E. Webb Foundation
Henry Schein Cares Foundation
Point Loma Nazarene University
San Diego Dental Health Foundation
San Diego County Employees Charitable Organization (CECO)
County of San Diego Neighborhood Reinvestment Program
Samuel I. & John Fox Foundation
Supervisor Nathan Fletcher
Del Mar Family Dentistry
Patterson Dental
Hayes Handpiece
Burkhart Dental
Dr. Linda Rucks
Dr. Ronald Fritz
Bycor