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Pulling Teeth!
COPA Project Director (Connie Di Leo) managed to get her dentist to visit COPA for a week with a group from Connie’s church in the United States. The aim was to assess the health of people’s teeth, which generally involved mostly extracting teeth. Since arriving in the DR in 2008 Amy Edelstein, COPA Health Adviser has found that “one of the biggest needs in both villages is dental work”. However, Connie has done a great job at finding a mobile dental unit.” The mobile unit recently spent 2 days in Bombita and 2 days in La Hoya. Teachers helped to identify the children who needed dental care. There weren’t too many tears or screams to be heard from the unit!
Amy assisted the dentist by explaining to the child what he was doing and tried to calm their nerves and hold their hand if necessary. After each procedure Amy gave each child a toothbrush, a little toothpaste and a washcloth to take home with them. You wouldn’t believe how exciting that little gift was for them. They treasured it!
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