First I-Dent Trip is an Incredible Success!

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Morea and Manu are PNG men on a mission. The dental workers in the Gulf Province were the first to receive an I-Dent chair when the Medical Ship visited their area in the Gulf this year. (An I-Dent chair is a portable solar powered dental chair with basic tools and a drill that all folds into a backpack weighing just 15 kilograms.)
They have received training from volunteer dentists on board over the last couple years and now they have an I-Dent chair. Even after the ship has gone, they have everything they need to continue delivering dental services.
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“Our first time out with the new dental chair bringing dental services to their door step was
a big surprise and eye opening to everyone. It was a great relief to the people of the Gulf seeing this new chair operated in front of their home with no cost,” said Morea.
Their first patrol took them to Orokolo village, then to Wabo village, where Manu met a few interesting cases. “There was a man who came with his wife for tooth extraction. As I investigated, he told me that he had been having a toothache for two months,” Manu said. This man became so desperate that he used the urine of his 14-month- old baby to decrease the pain. “He said that the pain reduced after 5 minutes and the relief lasted for about 20 minutes but then the pain came on again,” Manu said. He was one of many who took advantage of the free service that Manu and Morea brought so close to home. In those two villages, they were able to do 54 extractions and bring relief to many people in the villages.