Dental Care

Once we give a child a smile, we work hard to keep it bright and shining. Our partner countries provide dental care programs tailored to the needs of their specific patient populations, with programs that range from dental consultation and treatment during international medical missions, to dental and orthodontic medical educational conferences, to ongoing orthodontic and dental care at Comprehensive Care Centers.

Our dental care programs include

• 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 to serve this critical need.

• Dental programs at the Operation Smile Care Centers in Colombia and Honduras where patients can receive treatment at the clinic on a year-round basis, including dentistry, orthodontics and post-surgical 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.