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L
ast year, Vicki Brett signed on to chair
the Dental Care Project for Montero
Medical Missions, a non-profit interfaith
humanitarian organization that creates
sustainable healthcare projects through-
out the world. After nearly a year of careful
preparation, the Virginia Beach Campus’
Dental Assisting Program Director has just
completed her first mission trip.
Her 20-day journey began in the Philip-
pines where she and her team saw more
than 500 patients, performing extractions
and surgery. From there they continued to
Mongolia, serving more than 400 patients.
The care they provided was essential but
it’s what they left behind that could have
the greatest impact. Throughout the trip,
they met with local college and univer-
sity students and began training them to
become oral health educators. “Approxi-
mately half the world’s population has
serious dental health problems, including
tooth decay, periodontitis, and tooth loss,”
says Brett. “This is one way we can pro-
vide not just temporary relief, but sustain-
able care to underserved populations like
these.”
Although the mission team has returned,
the good work continues. Montero Medi-
cal Missions will keep sending medical
and dental
supplies and
the oral health
educators will
continue their
own education
and development via online classes led
by Brett. “This has been a life-changing
experience. Despite the healthcare de-
bates we see in the headlines, America
is incredibly blessed with quality medical
and dental care and I want others to have
the same thing,” she says. “I just can’t
stop thinking about the people I met. I
left a part of my heart over there and I am
definitely going back.”
From Mongolia to the Philippines, Virginia Beach
Faculty Member Offers Dental Care and Hope
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