NC governor visits GKAS clinic

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory visited a children's free dental clinic in Greenville last week.

The clinic was participating in the 13th Annual Give Kids A Smile (GKAS) Program, sponsored by the North Carolina Dental Society. Similar clinics are being held in 38 North Carolina counties in February as part of the National Children's Dental Health Month. Dentists and dental teams will provide free oral health care services to low-income children across the U.S.

The North Carolina Dental Society and its thousands of volunteers has been part of GKAS since it began in 2003. To date, nearly 18,000 dental volunteers have provided more than $12.3 million in oral care to more than 162,000 children across the state, according to the organization.