University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Honduras Dental Brigade March 2018


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Volunteer Activity Description

Start Date: Mar 11, 2018 12:00 AM
End Date: Mar 17, 2018 12:00 AM

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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Bryan Johnson

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Corinne Light

Passionate about: Giving people the dental care that they deserve because everyone deserves basic health care, including dental. My dream is to volunteer with GDB as a dentist one day, and continue to give dental care ... [Read More]

Domenica Paredes

Passionate about: I've always believed a smile can change a person’s world so as an aspiring orthodontist, having the opportunity to impact other's lives through dentistry is something I am excited to be a part o... [Read More]
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Erin Brewer donated $100 2598 days ago
Michael J Cato donated $782 2598 days ago
Gayathri Raghavendra donated $782 2603 days ago
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