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In the UK people are fortunate enough to have access to dental care from the NHS which means that not only is it always possible for them to get dental care but it is also reasonably cheap. There is also the option in the UK for people to pay for private dental care if they aren't happy with that of the NHS or if there is a fairly long waiting list at a dental surgery which is local to them. For some people around the world though neither of these are an option.
A staggering estimated 70 per cent of people in the world aren't able to see a dentist even if they really need to do so. In some places people can't even get hold of a toothbrush or toothpaste either. With such little access a lot of people obviously struggle to maintain good oral health but fortunately there is some help for people in this situation. There are people give up their time and travel the world to help people and they are volunteer dentists.
Volunteer dentists travel all over the world and usually to some very underdeveloped countries so that they can use their expertise to offer local people dental work. In most instances they do this by giving up their own time and many even work lower paid jobs so that they have free time to travel the world and help others who without them would have no access to a dentist.
Volunteer dentists don't just travel the world to treat people either though as their work also involves training doctors and other medical staff in the countries they visit. Through training these medical staff on how to treat patients it creates a dentist which people from miles around can visit when they are in need of dental work.
The work that volunteer dentists do is unpaid and completely by choice. They travel to these places to help other people live a happy and pain free life. For volunteer dentists seeing people happy because of what they have done and getting the chance to meet new people is enough payment.
A staggering estimated 70 per cent of people in the world aren't able to see a dentist even if they really need to do so. In some places people can't even get hold of a toothbrush or toothpaste either. With such little access a lot of people obviously struggle to maintain good oral health but fortunately there is some help for people in this situation. There are people give up their time and travel the world to help people and they are volunteer dentists.
Volunteer dentists travel all over the world and usually to some very underdeveloped countries so that they can use their expertise to offer local people dental work. In most instances they do this by giving up their own time and many even work lower paid jobs so that they have free time to travel the world and help others who without them would have no access to a dentist.
Volunteer dentists don't just travel the world to treat people either though as their work also involves training doctors and other medical staff in the countries they visit. Through training these medical staff on how to treat patients it creates a dentist which people from miles around can visit when they are in need of dental work.
The work that volunteer dentists do is unpaid and completely by choice. They travel to these places to help other people live a happy and pain free life. For volunteer dentists seeing people happy because of what they have done and getting the chance to meet new people is enough payment.
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