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UNC CHAPEL HILL DENTAL BRIGADE HONDURAS MARCH 2016



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Hey everyone! So I am going to Honduras this Spring Break on a 9 day Dental Brigade! I get to have the chance to go to communities within Honduras that have limited access to dental care and help out! Some days will be spent having a dentist perform any dental procedure the people of the communities need and also going around the communities and teaching them proper oral hygiene. This is something so important to me and I have been looking forward to this for awhile! I want to be a dentist for many reasons but one of the main reasons is so one day I can do things like this in communities around the world that don't have a way to see a dentist or aren't finically able to! It would mean so much to me if you could donate to me so I am able to go on this trip over spring break! The money you are donating is going to a number of things,my flight, room and board (food&housing), transportation to get to these communities, medication we need for the patients, and to hire local dentists to work in the clinic we will set up. Thanks everyone:) I am so blessed to be able to go on such a wonderful trip and I hope I will get to make a lasting impression on the communities we will get to visit!

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Global Brigades offers 7-9 day Dental Brigades throughout the year in Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua. Dental Brigade volunteers have the opportunity to shadow licensed dentists in urgent and preventive dental services in communities with limited access to healthcare. Dental Brigades also focuses on prevention with dental hygiene workshops. Each of our partner communities receives a brigade approximately twice a year. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends. A typical brigade structure includes three clinic days and a Holistic Model Day. This unique day allows for Medical/Dental brigaders to experience one of Honduras’ other programs: Architecture, Business, Engineering, Microfinance, Public Health or Water Brigades. Through these Holistic Model Days, volunteers are able to tackle non-health related issues that are often times the root cause of common illnesses seen on Medical and Dental Brigades. The main health concerns in our communities include diarrhea, respiratory illnesses, waterborne illnesses and abdominal pain.

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