GLOBAL BRIGADES USA

Dental Brigades at University of Texas at Austin

• About
  Dental Brigades is a discipline of Global Brigades, the world\\\'s largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The UT Austin chapter systematically works with more than 300 other university groups around the world to deliver and implement one of nine skill-based programs that benefit more than 130,000 Honduran and Panamanian community members annually.
  
  Dental Brigade volunteers provide urgent and preventive dental services in communities with limited access to healthcare. Each of our community partners receives a brigade every 3 to 4 months where hundreds of patients are treated with fillings, cleanings and extractions, and are given dental hygiene workshops. Between brigades, our in-country team maintains relationships with the communities to provide follow-up to insure any dental procedures were successful.