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A Dental Mission: Extending Dental Health Literacy by Providing Quality and Accessible Oral Health Care

By: Mariel Demegillo/ College of Dentistry – Student Council
Photos by Nicole Kathleen Resol

 

To end the school year 2022-2023, the College of Dentistry Student Council, together with the faculty and staff, volunteer students and dentists, had their first Dental Mission with the theme: “A Dental Mission: Extending Dental Health Literacy by Providing Quality and Accessible Oral Health Care” at the community of Brgy. Alalasan, Lapuz, Iloilo City. The dental mission targeted children ages 5 years old to 11 years old to get their tooth extracted.

We would like to give appreciation to the following volunteer dentists:

𝘿𝙧. 𝙇𝙞𝙯𝙖 𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙖 𝙈. 𝙅𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝘿𝙧. 𝘿𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙏𝙖𝙣𝙤, 𝘿𝙧. 𝙇𝙚𝙚 𝙅𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙖, 𝘿𝙧. 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤, 𝘿𝙧. 𝙆𝙚𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙖 𝙈𝙖𝙗𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙮, 𝘿𝙧. 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙖 𝙃𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙖, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙧. 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙨.

We would also like to thank the following sponsors:

𝘿𝙧. 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙅. 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙤, 𝘿𝙧. 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙋. 𝙋𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙩, 𝘿𝙧. 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙎𝙞𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙖, 𝘿𝙧. & 𝙈𝙧𝙨. 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨, 𝘿𝙧. 𝙇𝙞𝙯𝙖 𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙖 𝙅𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙒𝙑𝙎𝙐 𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙘.

Lastly, we thank the community of Brgy. Alalasan Lapuz for its laudable assistance and allowing its constituents to partake in the Dental Mission.

We thank each and every one for lending their time and service that made this event a successful one. This event wouldn’t be made possible without you!