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Our impact

Our commitment to making people smile extends to the organizations, churches, schools, and teams of greater Louisville and its surrounding areas. We love volunteering our time and effort to these communities, and it truly warms our hearts to further our mission through our practice.

 

Here are some of the groups we support.

Landmark Christian Academy's Labor of Love 2019

H Male

Marion County High School

Mercy Academy

Fire safety

ATC

Our Lady of Peace, Kentucky One Health

Relay for Life, American Cancer Society

Our Lady of Lourdes

Guatemala Dental Supplies and Equipment

Together with Hearts in Motion and Bellarmine University, Dr. Mattingly has visited Guatemala many times to deliver dental equipment. These are some of the items our team was able to give:

  • Masks, gloves, napkins, gauze, cotton rolls, Q-tips, high-speed and low-speed suction tips
  • Kodak bitewing and periapical and panoramic film
  • Mirrors, explorers, scalers, perio probes, composite instruments, articulating ribbon and holder, bard parker, and blades (size 12 and 15)
  • High speed handpieces, low-speed handpieces, air/water syringes
  • Composite material, sealants, DYCAL® or base material, etching material, primer and bond, Tofflemire bands, clear composite strips, curing light
  • Alginate impression material, impression trays, vibrator, stone, mixing bowls, spatulas, an assortment of teeth, acrylic (to make flippers)
  • Extraction instruments
  • Autoclave, sterilizing bags, ultrasonic cleaner and cleaning solution
Guatemala Dental Supplies and Equipment
  • Mirrors, explorers, scalers, perio probes, composite instruments, articulating ribbon and holder, bard parker, and blades (size 12 and 15)
  • High speed handpieces, low-speed handpieces, air/water syringes
  • Composite material, sealants, DYCAL® or base material, etching material, primer and bond, Tofflemire bands, clear composite strips, curing light
  • Alginate impression material, impression trays, vibrator, stone, mixing bowls, spatulas, an assortment of teeth, acrylic (to make flippers)
  • Extraction instruments
  • Autoclave, sterilizing bags, ultrasonic cleaner and cleaning solution

Blessings in a Backpack

Mattingly & Howell Orthodontics is proud to participate in the Blessings in a Backpack program. This amazing program provides food for elementary school children across America over the weekends who might otherwise go hungry.

Blessings in a Backpack

National Dental Health Month

We’re happy to share that our staff is also active in our community partnerships! To celebrate National Dental Health Month every February, some of our staff visit elementary schools to teach children how to properly care for their teeth.

National Dental Health Month

Blanket Louisville

Every year, Mattingly & Howell Orthodontics sponsors a continuing education course where we ask the participants to bring a new or barely used blanket as a donation to Blanket Louisville. This project distributes blankets to homeless shelters in the greater metropolitan area.

Blanket Louisville

Smiles Change Lives (SCL)

Smiles Change Lives is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing free orthodontic treatment for children in need. Orthodontists across the country partner with SCL to provide braces for qualified children and teens.

We regularly volunteer with the Louisville Dental Society free dental van, providing free dental screenings and treatment to homeless and poor/uninsured people in the Louisville community.

It is our great honor to share our Smiles Change Lives (SCL) patients who have been able to complete their treatment: Eric Phillips, Addison Haynes, and Dylan Moreno.

Smiles Change Lives (SCL)