Global Dental Brigades

Dental Brigades provides urgent and preventive dental services in communities with limited access to healthcare. In conjunction with its sister program, Medical Brigades, we travel to Central America to establish mobile dental clinics. Each of the communities served receives a brigade every 3 to 4 months where hundreds of patients are treated primarily with prophylactic cleaning, fluoride treatment and extractions, with hopes of launching full-fledged restorative care. Dental Brigades also focuses on prevention with dental hygiene workshops. Between brigades, the in-country team maintains relationships with the communities to provide follow-up to ensure any dental procedures were successful and to conduct community health worker trainings to empower local leaders to perpetuate a consistent level of dental care!