The master of ceremonies for the "Dentistry from the Heart" event being planned for Friday, June 17, at the offices of a Clintonville dentist will have a familiar voice.

A "golden" one.

Ted Williams, the homeless man whose strong radio-announcer's voice took him from the streets of Columbus to "The Today Show," "The Early Show" and all kinds of other shows, has vowed to show up for the event and handle announcement duties, Dr. Brian H. Kvitko said last week.

Williams will be making the appearance to show his gratitude for dental care he has been receiving from the Clintonville practitioner.

"He wants to emcee it," Kvitko said. "It was his choice, not mine, not that I mind."

"Dr. Kvitko has been chosen by Ted 'The Golden Voice' Williams and his inner circle to be his dentist and do a smile makeover for him," according to the website of the dental practice. "Ted could have had his teeth made healthy and his smile makeover done by any dentist in the country but he chose Dr. Kvitko for his care."

Kvitko said last week that he and the team surrounding Williams are trying to work out a trip back to Columbus for the daylong free dental care event to coincide with another makeover treatment.

Doral Chenoweth II, a web producer for The Columbus Dispatch, shot video of Williams showing off his marvelous voice while panhandling on Hudson Street off Interstate 71 last Oct. 30. The video was posted on The Dispatch website on Jan. 3. The following day an anonymous user copied the clip to YouTube, where it quickly drew millions of hits.

Williams quickly drew all kinds of offers, and told his story of a radio career derailed by drug and alcohol abuse, as well as time spent in prison, on all the morning shows. While in New York City he was reunited with his mother, whom he had not seen in decades. Later, in Los Angeles he reunited with a daughter, but it didn't go all that well and LAPD detained them after a heated argument in a hotel.

Williams, 54, is currently residing at a "sober house" in Los Angeles, where he has vowed to remain until this summer or fall, he said during a March 9 appearance on NBC's "Today."

"He's actually doing OK," said Kvitko, who stays in touch with Williams and his managers.

Williams has recorded a song, made a cameo appearance on a Snoop Dog video and entered into a book deal, according to the dentist.