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Dental care program.
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Dental care for elementary school students
Gabby Morritt, a visually impaired American and the founder of the Florida-based nonprofit Eye Will, has been in Vietnam for many years. She fell in love with the land and decided to fund the dental care project for elementary school students in Quang Tri province. With the support of Eye Will, a mobile unit of dental equipment were gifted to Dong Ha Medical Center. With that, the mobile team from the Center conducted two missions of dental care for 13,000 students in Dong Ha city in 2019 and 2020.
Dental health issues among children are widespread and concerning. Nearly half (46.5%) of children between the ages of 1 and 9 suffer from baby tooth decay, while 28% of children over the age of 5 have permanent tooth decay. This high prevalence of oral health problems underscores the urgent need for accessible dental care, especially in rural areas where such services are limited and parents often lack the financial resources to afford treatment. Dozens of thousands of rural children are in need of dental care.
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