By Sandy Kemper | Founder and Director of Smiles Forever
It is with the greatest respect for the Bolivian people and their ancient culture, that Smiles Forever has been able to bring modern dental care for over twenty years. One of the key aspects is to empower the mothers who care so much about the education and health of their children.
Nowhere in South America is the lack of preventive dental care more alarmingly evident than in Bolivia, where thousands of young people are seen with severely decayed, life threatening abscesses and missing teeth resulting from an epidemic of dental caries.
Heavy consumption of sugary, carbonated beverages such as colas exacerbates the problem. Many children and adults suffer from gum disease, and there are very few specialists available to treat it.
HELPING CHILDREN - ONE TOOTH AT A TIME
Smiles Forever teams with organizations throughout Bolivia to provide dental care to children who need it. We're proud of the impact we've had, and the smiles we've saved.
Smiles Forever, with your support, is able
To continue to develop and grow our community service clinic that provides quality preventative and restorative dental care to impoverished children in Bolivia.
To continue to advance the general health of children in Bolivia through the practice of preventative dentistry.
To share our dental hygiene educational program and community service model with developing countries.
To donate a dental chair and establish a more permanent mini clinic in the town of Marquina.
By Nancy Clark | Project Leader
By Alejandro Beckrich B. | Director
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