Detroit Zoo Dental Day 2026
Location: Detroit Zoo
Address: Royal Oak, MI
July 18, 2026 - Two Events - One Day
- Zoo Day Picnic - social event
- Wild About Smiles Community Outreach
Detroit Dental Society Zoo Day - a picnic for dentists, families, staff, and dental students
All are invited to a Detroit District Dental Society Zoo Day on July 18, 2026. This program includes admission to the zoo, a family picnic under a pavilion with kid craft station, private seating, and special DDDS science station for the kids.
July 18, 2026
8:30am Registration Tent open - outside the main front gate of the Detroit Zoo
9am - 4pm Detroit Zoo Day admission to the Zoo
Public Tent 8:30am - 11:30am - this is Wild About Smiles Volunteer for Oral Health Tent to the public
Picnic 11:30am to 1:00pm
THANK you to our SPONSORS: MIRLO Real Estate Partners, Dental ROI Associates (Dental CPAs), Orow Construction, Detroit Children's Surgery Center, and First Community Bank.
Map pavillion where the picnic is located.
Registertration is open for attendees. Volunteer registration will open soon, target date May 10th.
Register today! Early registrans prior to June 1, 2026 have choice of Detroit Zoo Train tickets or a Zoo Day t-shirt.
Online Registration via EventBrite for Detroit Dental Zoo Day
Pricing
MDA Members and Adults Guests $40.00
Special price for New Dentists $30.00 per adult and guests
Dental Students $30.00 per adult and guests
Children 6-18 $15.00
Children 5 and younger FREE
Non-member of MDA Dentists and Adults Guests $65.00
Volunteer Dental Students/New Dentists for Wild About Smiles with picnic FREE
Volunteer MDA Members Wild About Smiles with picnic $25.00
Volunteer MDA Members Wild About Smiles no picnic FREE
Tickets will be distributed the day of the event at a group private tent with a Detroit District Sign outside the front gate of the Detroit Zoo. The tent will open at 8:30am. The Detroit Zoo opens at 9:00am.
Wild About Smiles - July 18, 2026
Volunteers needed: Community Outreach Tent to promote Good Oral Health to the public.
The Detroit District Dental Society has added new this year a community outreach tent that will be engaging the public in learning more about "Good Oral Health". This was made possible with the PR Grant from the Michigan Dental Association (MDA). The tent will be at the Zoo entrance and participants will interact with the public in promoting oral health at various stations. We need volunteers from 8:30am to 12noon. We are running two-hour shifts. Volunteer in the morning and enjoy the Detroit Dental Society Picnic and the zoo in the afternoon.
Volunteer sign up for Wild About Smiles Community Oral Health Tent will open May 10, 2026.
Information for Wild About Smiles
- Planning Committee - contact the planning committee directly by email to dddsmarketing@gmail.com
- Committee Member Listing with contact information
- Community outreach - Dental informational tent at the entrance of the zoo for the public to provide oral health information to families
- Detroit Zoo Family event - enjoy the zoo for your dental team, family, friends and we will have a picnic buffet at the covered pavilion at the Zoo.
- Interested in sponsoring or brining your dental team/ family. Contact Marcy Dwyer at 313.337.4900 or centraloffice@detroitdentalsociety.com
