Sonrisas para Zimbabwe

Imagine having a root canal performed in 90 degree heat in the Zimbabwean bush, on a dirt floor.  

This year marks the fourth annual Sonrisas para Zimbabwe mobile dental clinic. Another record was broken! Many thanks to the Spanish and Italian team of dentists, and the Zimbabwean crew. One thousand, nine hundred seventy-five patients were seen, each with numerous procedures.  The increase was due to the expansion of the districts of Tsholotsho and Hwange.  Please see below for some highlights from our 2014 mission.

Students wait in line for their free dental exams.

Grade 7 boys waiting for dental exams.

The table where dentists prep for anesthesia at Sipepa Hospital.

Cesar diagnoses patients before they get anasthesia at Sipepa.

Ramon administers anesthesia to a patient.

One of our young patients getting cavities filled.

The pharmaceutical team.

Thanks to our friends from GUM and Post Oak Dental, each child received a toothbrush and toothpaste at the Ngamo School.

Thanks to our friends at New Eyes, 800 pairs of reading glasses were distributed to those in need.

Each patient receives a free meal of sadza (cornmeal) and beans.