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Mobile Dental Coaches or Trailers are ideal to provide extended dental care in the Rural Areas in most Countries globally. Extended Dental Care using Mobile Dental Clinic initial expenditure can be substantial like buying a new house. It is very important to create your mission objectives with the following considerations.
- In which Country will you be providing extended dental care? What geographical area to be serviced in square miles or kilometers?
- How many days will you stay with your mobile clinic at your service area?, One day?, One week?, Two weeks?, Or longer?
- What will be the terrain? rough?, semirural?, Hilly?.
- Right hand or Left hand drive.
- Automatic or Manual Transmission?
- Gasoline or Diesel Engine?
- Access to Electricity?, Water?, Sewage? etc.
- Self-Contained Generator, Water, Sewage Etc. All these factors will help determine the modality of the Mobile Clinic. Mobile Coach or Mobile Trailer or Other?
- New or Refurbishes? Cost of the Refurbished Unit will be fraction of the new Unit.
- You will want to visit by Car or Truck the terrain to be serviced to determine the challenges you will face over the next 6 to 12 months.
- If there are unresolved issues about the Mobile Dental Clinic in the future, it may cost more to resolve those matters later on.
- Extended Care Dental Service requires Extended investigation to pin point all your needs & the type of Mobile Dental Clinic suitable.
The words MOBILE DENTAL CLINIC, DENTAL VEHICLE AND EXTEND DENTAL CARE are all applicable to the Dental/Medical service discourse in the Rural Areas Globally. It is not intended for any metropolis or Urban Areas. I will depict the critical issues and challenges when dealing with providing Dental/Medical services in the underserved areas and in extreme case remotest regions Globally.
Geographical separation from the Main land or Cities with population over 200 to 2,000 or more depending on the Country specifying what constitutes a “Rural Area”. Many live in Rural Villages some only accessible by a Mobile Dental Vehicle to deal with the rough terrain and unpaved roads. Four Wheel drive vehicles may become necessary and equipped with all the Dental equipment and supplies required to provide the necessary dental services. Extremely remote locations may be accessible only by boats, planes, snow mobiles, Horse or Donkey. Lack of adequate transportation, fluoridated community water supplies, electricity, functional space for providers are some of the issues to provide extended care in the Rural Areas.
There are many problems within rural population such as Tooth Diseases. Plaque & Tartar buildup on the teeth causes Tooth Diseases. Due to lack of Dental Care the tooth and gum diseases are untreated in the rural areas causing periodontal and medical issues. Due to the lack of education in the rural areas, the rural villagers don’t care for their teeth often or never. Rate of poverty is higher in the Rural Areas and larger the Elderly Population more challenging is the job for Providers. Emphasis should be to treat children early to prevent Plaque and Tarter build up by educating them to use toothbrush and tooth paste. Parents and elders should be educated about certain food diet can contribute to tooth diseases. The tooth diseases can further cause malnutrition as it may become very painful to eat. The dental diseases can culminate into medical issues shortening the life span of the rural communities.
The funds will be required to facilitate Dental Services in the Rural Areas. This funding can be expensive acquiring Mobile Dental Coaches or Trailers equipped with dental equipment and supplies. The cost of a new mobile dental coach or trailer can cost several hundred thousand dollars. The refurbished units will be fraction of the coast of a new unit. The funding from the Governments, private donations, United Nations, World Bank etc. will become necessary for the dental services to the rural areas. Each member Countries of the United Nations or the World Bank may have a different definition of what is Rural Area to be qualified for funding. We are a U.S.A based company and may be able to offer the overseas customers funding thru the Export Import (EXIM) bank of the USA, with required qualifications. Contact us for details, kbconsultants1958@gmail.com or 586 917 0245.
To help with these dental health issues dentists and dental therapist aides are required who travel out of their comfort zones to the remote villages to provide care. Consequently, there is a high level of difficulty finding providers willing to treat dental patients. In short there is an acute Provider shortages. Two fold approach can be used to procure Dental Service Providers.
- Search for the dentists who may be willing to donate their time or discount rates for their services. Dental students from the graduating class of the Dental schools may be candidates for the rural area services.
- Dental hygienists and/or assistants can be trained & licensed to provide basic dental services such as drillings, fillings, extractions, educating patients, help relieve pain, use anesthetics to name few tasks.
This may help keep the project costs down and encourage dental schools to add such a curriculum in their programs. This type of dental assistant qualifications program is in practice currently for Rural Alaskans. This can be extended globally with the help from respective Governments, United Nations Agencies, Private Organizations and Private donations.
This type of Rural Areas Dental Service is hard, susceptible to the Idiosyncrasies of a given geographical region and commitment of the provider to be subjected to the many negatives such as living facility, working out of tents, school buildings, lack of water to name a few.
Extended Services requires extended research, planning and commitment of Maggie Doynes.**
- You will not find many Maggie Doynes** around the world to participate in this philanthropic project of helping Children & Adults to receive primary dental services globally. But there will be some who will be willing to join your cause to help make your project a success.
- ** Google, Maggie Doynes, 29 years old American has built an Orphanage, Women’s center & School in Kopila Valley Nepal situated over 10,000 feet above the Sea Level.
