Arriving to provide dental care in Cambodia Leaving Denver it is 7 degrees – -bitter cold and dark. Arriving in Cambodia, the heat is dense and the drive from the airport passes palm trees, and barefoot children playing in dusty yards. Cambodia is another world. This graceful country of 15 million people has survived a devastating past and, thirty years... read more »
Daybreak shows silhouetted palm trees and a cool, clear morning. At 7:15 we head to clinic – we start early in Cambodia to beat the heat of the day. After a 20 minute drive we are deep in the countryside, passing ox carts and swarms of children biking to school. ur team of six dentists, one dental assistant and 13... read more »
Today is set up day for our Mobile Dental Clinic. We start with an empty but clean room – here in Nepal this is a school classroom. We open the storage room – this room contains 10 portable dental units, 2 large air compressors, hundreds of dental instruments, portable dental chairs, toothbrushes, gauze, gloves and all the myriad items needed... read more »
The clouds part on the last leg of my 22 hour journey to Nepal, revealing the massive Himalayas. It has been a full year since my last visit to this magical place – the place where Global Dental Relief started 14 years ago. Arriving late at night, our taxi drives through the deserted, labyrinthine streets of Kathmandu as I am... read more »
Here at Global Dental Relief, we endeavor to use our new blog as a regular means for publishing valuable content for our community through monthly blog posts. Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, we’re able to further explore some of the most important topics pertaining to our industry and area of expertise here on our website through these articles.... read more »