The Churchman Medical Mission Team was at the Home this past week...

The numbers from the dental team of Dr. Mark Evans that was here a couple weeks ago (stats to the right), including one hygienist & 2 dental assistants.  As you will see, we were EXTREMELY busy! They worked Mon-Fri, 8am-7pm, cutting off Friday at 3pm so we could get out of there before the rain came. The team flew in Sunday, July 11 & left Saturday the 17th. I made appointments ahead of time, focusing on the most pressing needs (deep cavities, extractions, & teeth requiring root canal treatment). Most of the children they treated had over 15+ teeth needing restoring. Know the number of completed treatment plans is actually higher, for about 15-20 charts only lack prophies/cleanings to be 100% complete.

As for future plans, we have a general dentist, Dr. Alegra Midgley with a strong background in pedodontics coming to help in the dental clinic August 3-6. August 7-13, Dr. John Howell, a prosthadontist, will be coming with a hygienist. Around the second week of January, we will have the team of Dr. Greg Hughes coming back to Honduras, focusing on the GSCH & dental clinic (which will actually correspond well to a 6 month recall program for all of our kids on the property).

I pray that by the end of Dec/Jan we will have all of our kids taken care of dentally, restored well, & can then focus on “maintaining”---with a strong emphasis on prevention with good oral hygiene instructions & diet control (decreasing sugar, increasing fluoride & knowledge).

Please keep us in your prayers as we continue to take care of our children & raise funding for the purchase of more dental supplies. —BMDMI Missionary Tina Woods, DMD