Agoura Dental Joins Westminster Free Clinic

The Westminster Free Clinic in Thousand Oaks provided health services to more than 8,000 people last year. While thousands at the Janss Road location saw doctors, received immunizations and were provided counseling services and physical therapy, just 300 dental patients were treated.

Thanks to the generosity of some local dentists, the Westminster Free Clinic Healthy Teeth Healthy Smiles program will have its grand opening at the clinic's secondary location at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Westlake Village. The dentists expect to treat 500 patients in the upcoming year.

One dentist in particular answered the call to action. Dr. Aaron Choroomi is an Agoura Hills native who has run a dental practice there for the past decade. Not only did he donate costly equipment to the fledgling dental clinic, he also became its director.

"He feels like the community has supported him all these years and he wants to give back," his practice manager said. "People don't realize how their dental health is related to issues like diabetes and heart disease."

To donate to the dental clinic, visit the GoFundMe page for Healthy Teeth Healthy Smiles.