Dental Care Program

Operation Smile partner countries provide dental care programs tailored to the needs of their specific patient populations. Dental care programs range from dental consultation and treatment during international medical missions, to specialized dental missions, to dental and orthodontic medical educational conferences, and also to ongoing orthodontic and dental care at Comprehensive Care Centers.

One example is the Operation Smile Dental Mission to Vietnam, which improves the country’s oral hygiene by providing medical treatment as well as education and supplies for hygiene maintenance. Since 1996, the program has partnered Operation Smile Vietnam with the University of Maryland.

Another example is the dental programs at the Comprehensive Care Centers in Colombia and Honduras. Patients can receive treatment at the clinic on a year-round basis, including dentistry, orthodontics and post-surgical follow-up care. 

Operation Smile Morocco opened the first Operation Smile dental care clinic in Casablanca. Inaugurated on June 15, 2008, the Angus Lawson Dental Care (ALDC) Department provides year-round dental care to Moroccan children.