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IN A COTRY WHERE THERE'S
JUST ONE DENTIST FOR EVERY
100,000 PEOPLE, A TEAM FROMASPEY
VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME AND
TALENTS TO BRING SMILES TO THE
PEOPLE OF HAITI.
THE DOCTOR IS THE OWNER OF ASPEN
DENTAL PRACTICES N FAIRFIELD
AND NORWALK AND JOINS ME NOW.
WELCOME BACK, DOCTOR.
TWO WEEKS AGO YOU RETURNED?
YES.
AND HOW WAS ISN'T IT I ASSUME
THE MUST HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO SEE YOU.
YEAH, IT WAS AN AMAZING
EXPERIENCE.
THE ORGANIZATION THAT WENT WITH,
RESTORE HAITI, THEY ADVERTISED
FOR US THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE
THERE, BUT THE FIRST DAY THAT WE
GOT THERE AND THE PATIENTS THAT
WE SAW, THEY JUST STARTED
TALKING BIT, WORD OF MOUTH
SPREAD, AND WE WERE THERE FOR A
WEEK, D EVERY DAY THERE WERE
JUST MORE AND MORE PEOPLE HERE.
HOW MANY PATIENT WERE YOU
SEEING A DAY?
I DON'T KNOW, I WOULD SAY
MAYBE ABOUT A HUNDRED PATIENTS.
OH, MY GOSH.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF THREE
DENTISTS AND TWO HYGIENIS.
THERE WAS DEFINITELY A NEED
FOR IT.
OH, ABSOLUTELY A NEED FOR IT.
IN MATEY THERE'S ABOUT -- IN
HAITI THERE'S ABOUT 350 DENTISTS
ALLOCATED FOR 9 MILLION PEOPLE.
OH, MY GOSH.
SO THEY ARE REALLY IN NEED
FOR DENTAL CARE.
AND WHERE EXACTLY DID YOU GO
IN HAII?
WE WENT TO A CITY THAT'S
ABOUT TWO HOURS NORTH OF THE
MAIN CAPITAL, PORT-AU-PRINCE.
SO THEY PICKED US UP AT THE
AIRPORT, AND WE TREKKED OUR WAY
UP THERE BY TRUCK.
WOW.
AND IT WAS A PRETTY GREATEXP.
WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS LIKE
IN THAT CITY?
IT'S POOR.
IT'S A POOR CITY.
YOU KNOW, BELOW THE POVERTY
LINE.
YOU KNOW, THE CLINIC THAT WAS
THE WAS KIND OF LIKE A
MAKESHIFT CLINIC, SO WE DID WHAT
WE HAD TO DO.
BUT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT
CE WERE JUST PRETTY AMAZING.
I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME
PICTURES NOW.
WE SAW THE TEAM FROM ASPEN
DENTAL.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
IS THAT YOU, DOCTOR?
THAT IS ME, AND WORKING ON A
YOUNG BOY THERE.
UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT CAME HAD NEVER SEEN A
DENTIST BEFORE, NEVER SAW A
DENTIST.
SO A LOT HE HAVE THEM CAME WITH
TEETH THATWERE ALREADY ROTTED.
THIS YOUNG GIRL HERE, SHE'S AN
ABSCESS ON AN UPPER TOOTH, AND
FROM THAT ABSCESS YOU COULD JUST
SEE THE SWELLING THAT HASGONE
UP TO HER EYE.
YEAH!
AND THEY'RE JUST SO AFRAID OF
THE DENTIS AND WE MENTIONED
THAT WE GAVE THEM ANTIBIOTICS
AND WE SAID, YU ABSOLUTELY HAVE
TO COME BACK TO GET THAT TOOTH
PULLED.
BUT YOU KNOW,ATES FEAR FOR THEM
TO GET WORK DONE ECAUSE THEY'RE
JUST NOT USED TO IT.
RIGHT, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN
DOING IT THEIR WHOLE LIFE.
YEAH.
THE CONDITIONS WERE --
EVERYTHING?
THE HYGIENISTS DOING CLEANINGS?
THE HYGIENISTS WRE DOING
CLEANINGS, AND WE WERE DOING A
LOT OF EXTRACTIONS, BECAUSE LIKE
I SAID, UNFORTNATELY, BY THE
TIME THEY GET TO US, A LOT OF
THE TEETH ARE ROTTED AND YOU
CAN'T SAVE THEM, THEY'RE BROKEN
TO THE GUM LINE.
WE ALSO, JUST FILLINGS, TEETH
THAT WECOULD SAVE WE DID
FILLINGS, WHICH IS SOMETHING
THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATED.
THAT HURTS, RIGHT?
THAT COULD HURT IF YOU DON'T GET
THAT FILLED.
YEAH, OF COURSE.
ABSOLUTELY.
BUT OUR PURPOSE IS YOU WANT TO
SAVE TEETH, SO FOR US TO DO THE
NAILINGS E WERE ABLE TO DO TO
SAVE THE TEETH WERE AMAZING,
EPILOIN THE FRONT TEETH, BECAUSE
A LOT OF THEM CAME WITH BROKEN
TEETH.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT HARD BECAUSE
THEY DON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY.
SO THE ELECTRICITY RUNSINTERMITE
IT THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
SO WE HAD TO USE GENERATORS.
THIS IS THE WHOLE TEAM THAT WENT
WITH US.
HOW MANY WERE THERE?
THERE WERE THRE DENTISTS AND
TWO HYGIENISTS.
OH, YOU MENTIONED THAT.
DID YOU HAVE TO TUN PEOPLE AWAY
AT THE END?
YES, DID, AND IT WAS A
HARD THING TO DO.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WORD OF
MOUTH SPREAD, AND BY THE LAST
DAY, THERE WERE, LIKE, LINES AND
LINES OF PEOPLE THAT WERE
WAITING.
AND WE ACTALLY EXTENDED OUR
HOURS THAT LAST DAY, AND THERE
WERE PEOPLE STILL WAITING,
TRYING TO GET IN.
WHY ARE THESE MISSIONS SO
CRITICAL?
SIT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A POOR
COUNTRY AND THEY DON'T HAVE
ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE?
EXACTLY
THEY DON'T HAVE THE ACCESS TO
DENTAL CARE, AND FOR US TO GET
THERE AND HELP ANY WAY THAT WE
IT'S AMAZING, AND JUST OT --
YOU KNOW, THE WORK AND
PROCEDURES THAT WE DO, BUT JUST
IN THE EDUCATION THAT THEY GET.
YOU KNO, EVERY DAY.
AND HANDING OUT THE SUPPLIES
THAT THEY NEED, LIKE TOOTHBRUSH
AND FLOSS AND TOOTHPASTE MAKES A
DIFFENCE, BECAUSE THINGS LIKE
THAT, THAT ARE JUST SO COMMON
FOR US, ARE NOT COMMON FOR THEM.
WE TALKED ABOUT SO MANY TIMES
ON THIS SHOW THAT YOUR ORAL
HEALTH REALLY AFFECTS YOUR
GENERALHEALTH.
YES.
SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO GET
THE CARE.
ABSOLUTELY.
WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE
TH AGAIN HE?
YES, DEFINITELY.
WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GO BACK
NEXT YEAR, AND THEY ARE WAITING
FOR US TO COME BACK.
WHEN WE WERE THERE THEY SAID,
CAN YOU COME BACK TO US NEXT
MONTH?
WE SAID, WE WIS WE COULD, BUT
DEFINITELY NEXT YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND
ARING WITH US.
LET'S PUT SOME INFORMATION UP ON
THE SCREEN.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS AGAIN.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
UP NEXT, CHEF TIM CIPRIANO