Improving oral health in Europe’s poorest country

The eastern European country, bordering Romania and Ukraine, is Europe’s poorest nation with many people living in poverty. Dentaid is working alongside Moldovan dental professionals to offer oral health education programmes in special schools, nurseries, state schools and centres for vulnerable people.

UK dental professionals are being invited to join a week long volunteering trip in Moldova on May 13-20, 2017. The trip will involve working alongside a charity in the capital city of Chisinau and travelling to the impoverished region of Nisporeeni. 

“Nisporeeni is the poorest region of the poorest country in Europe”, said Dentaid’s Moldova trip leader, Dermot O’Brien. “Dentaid sent a volunteering team to Moldova for the first time last year and they did a great job delivering oral health education sessions and providing training for Moldovan dentists who were very receptive.

“Sadly, the dentists are hampered by poor quality antiquated equipment and Dentaid is fundraising to provide a new surgery which would bring great benefit.  We are working with the chief dental officer for the region who is committed to bringing affordable dentistry to the people who really need it.”