Africa-Press – Mozambique. The children of an experienced dentist helped to remove teeth and apply anaesthetics during a charitable excursion to Mozambique.
Dr Vivak Shah and his children Arjun, 12, and Aryan, 10, treated 200 patients daily on the two-week trip.
The Northamptonshire family, who stayed in the coastal town of Vilanculos, said they had to gain patients’ trust.
“Every day was a different adventure; we would go out to different villages every day,” Dr Shah said.
The dentist, who is based at Saving Smiles’ practices in Rushden and Weedon Bec, said travel could involve road journeys taking two to three hours, and speedboats.
He told BBC Radio Northampton there was a generational gap among the patients, with older people having better teeth thanks to eating a more “authentic” diet, whereas youngsters showed more signs of decay.
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