Only about a day and a half left here to treat all of the people of Guiamaca and the surrounding villages! We've been working extremely hard to see as many patients as possible because today is our last full day of clinic. Tomorrow we do not have a full afternoon schedule because we need to start packing up the clinic. We leave Guaimaca at 4am on Saturday so we will not have any time to do any organizing other than Friday afternoon/evening. We all really wish we could fill every tooth in every patient's mouth that needs saving and that we had the time to do root canals on more patients, but we just don't have the equipment and time. There are Honduran dentists who come to Guiamaca and a dentist who comes in from Tegulcigalpa once a month to do half price dentistry. So we have really been stressing to the people here the importance of seeing those dentists and getting the work done that we did not have time to get to. Apparently those dentists really struggle for business here because everyone just waits for our ASDA team to come every few months. But we have been telling everyone that if they don't get care from those dentists, then the next time our dental mission comes down here they will need to have their teeth pulled. The amount of calculus we have been seeing on these people's teeth has been crazy. When we ask them to show us how they are brushing their teeth, many of them show us that they just scrub the outer surfaces of their teeth and don't ever brush the inner surfaces. We've stressed to every patient the importance of oral hygiene and the need to brush every surface for two minutes, two times a day, AND to use floss.
Yesterday, after clinic some of us went with Sister Maria to see the all girls catholic boarding school that the church sponsers. It was BEAUTIFUL. Definitely the nicest building in Guaimaca. Sister Maria told us that just about everything in the school was donated by different groups of people in the US and that was how they were able to establish such an amazing school/building. Walking to the school was the first time we ever left our little clinic/housing nook and really got to see some parts of Guaimaca. They have everything here you would need! We walked by lots of little grocery stores, clothing stores, a gym, and a barbershop! We took pictures of our outing, but not on the camera that can hook up to the computers here so you'll have to wait until we have the correct cable.
But here are some more pictures of everything for you enjoyment!
OH, and Samir just told me to add that he's making a poster that says "DO NOT SUCK ON MANGOS!" and putting it outside where the patients wait/are screened.
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