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Global Dental Brigade at ASU: Empowering Communities Through Oral Health

Global Dental Brigades (GDB) at ASU is a student-led non-profit organization dedicated to improving oral health in impoverished communities. This week-long program offers students hands-on clinical experience while focusing on essential dental care and hygiene education. GDB addresses pressing oral health issues by providing immediate dental services, including extractions and preventative treatments, through mobile clinics. Additionally, the program emphasizes training community health workers on basic oral care practices to foster long-term health improvements.

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Global Dental Brigade at ASU: Empowering Communities Through Oral Health

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  1. Global Dental Brigade-ASU Madeeha Maqsood EDT-321 

  2. GDB-Overview -Global Dental Brigades at ASU is a student led non-profit organization, that travels down to impoverish communities and brings access to oral and hygienic care. -It’s a week long program that allows students to get hands-on clinical experience. -GDB also focuses on educating community health workers on basic oral and hygienic care.

  3. Oral Health Needs -Dental Brigades focuses primarily on the oral issues that communities currently face due to limited resources -Dental Brigades addresses oral issues through immediate dental care, preventative treatments, and education.

  4. 7- Week Program Includes -A week program -Day1-Medicine sorting -Day2-5-clinical days -Day5-6-community service days

  5. Oral Care Through Brigade Dental Brigades set up a mobile clinic to provide important, immediate services such as extractions for those oral cases that have surpassed the level of restoration. Dental Brigades also provide sealants

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