Dental Camps

With our partner organization, Sagarmatha Health Foundation (Nepal), we have held many dental damps all over Nepal, often traveling long distances in challenging conditions. For example, to reach a camp in Taplejung in far-eastern Nepal, our team of 10 Nepalese dentists and support staff flew from Kathmandu
to Bhadrapur, on the border with India, and then traveled by jeep 170 miles in 10 hours — an average
speed slower than in American school zones — where we set up camp in a village
health post. Over 4 days 550 patients received free care. In all, the number of
procedures — fillings, extractions, cleaning, etc. — was well over a thousand. We are grateful to our all-volunteer dental staff. They are incredibly dedicated and hard-working!