I guess the tooth fairy must be very happy that Mercy Ships are in Benin, as our dentists are working 5 days a week in the village clinic pulling and fixing teeth. Dag our crew dentist is in charge of the team and travels about 40 minutes each day with the other dentists, assistants and volunteers. They aim to treat around 11,500 people during our stay in Benin (about 19,000 procedures) with many hundreds more getting dental hygeine treatments.
The road to the clinic starts off as a small dual carriageway, similar to any in Europe or the USA, but then soon turns into a dirt track that tests the vehicles 4 wheel drive after the rain.
This photo shows Dag wiring up a man's teeth after fixing a metal plate to his badly broken jaw. There's a lot more to being a dentist here than you might think!
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