University of Maryland Baltimore County Dental Brigade March 2015 Panama


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Volunteer Activity Description

Start Date: Mar 15, 2015 12:00 AM
End Date: Mar 21, 2015 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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Bethany Leedy

Passionate about: Helping to provide dental care to communities who don\'t have access
Joshua R. Belice donated $10 4077 days ago
Patrick Whyte donated $100 4081 days ago
Nitika Paudel donated $100 4081 days ago
Anonymous donated $5 4082 days ago
Anthony Marra donated $30 4087 days ago

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