Oral Health in Timor-Leste
From Dr. Bethany Beckett: I met another group of dentists visiting Timor from Singapore. It is marvelous. The oral health plight is bad here. With only 5 dentist in TL the bulk of the education, screening is done by dental nurses. Self motivated and innovative using...
Commitment is no problem for our Dental Nurse Team
You can’t hold our professional and enthusiastic Dental nurse team back! Broken down car, no problems, they are always there. Luis, Efi and our new Volunteering dental nurse hit their third school doing a screening in Tibar. Persistent and systematically working their...
Dr Inda is a glimpse into the future in Dentistry
A glimpse of the future. Dr Inda, a young Timorese dental professional was trained in the Philippines, mentored by Aussie’s dentists for a few years in her early career is now developing material and delivering dental training to our Timorese Family Medicine GP...
Maluk Timor sponsors dental screening
The dental health of Timor Leste needs not only capacity building for practical skills experience, but is so often hindered by a lack of medication. Can you imagine having a tooth extraction without local anesthetic? Didn’t think so. So the rotting tooth stays,...
Joining forces: Maluk Timor and Klibur Domin
Maluk Timor Dental Nurses join teams with Klibur Domin Dental Nurse to do Dental Education in Escola Basica Tulau Tibar. The students were screened then brought back to clinic for treatments as needed. Will sticky lollies & soda company’s ever have to answer for...