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Dental Brigades here at UC Santa Cruz is a chapter of Global Brigades, the world\'s largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The UCSC 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 Brigades provides Hondurans with dental hygiene care, proper oral hygiene instructions, restorative care to the teeth that can be saved and extractions for the ones that cannot. A Dental Brigade consists of dental and dental hygiene student volunteers and dental professionals to provide dental care to in-need communities. The group functions like a mobile dental unit.
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March 2011 UCSC Dental Brigades
Completed, Thank You!
12 volunteers needed
33% of goal

March 2011 UCSC Dental Brigades's Logo

When: Mar 21 2012 10:00 PM to Mar 28 2012 10:00 PM

Volunteer Activity Description:
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.

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Daniel Truong

Uploaded a photo for March 2011 UCSC Dental Brigades
Feb 17, 2011

Daniel Truong

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Sep 29, 2010

Daniel Truong

Created the volunteer activity: March 2011 UCSC Dental Brigades
Sep 16, 2010

Daniel Truong

Created the volunteer activity: June 2011 UCSC Dental Brigades
Sep 16, 2010

Daniel Truong

Uploaded a photo for June 2011 UCSC Dental Brigades
Sep 16, 2010