In its effort to care about residents’ health, especially focusing on mouth and tooth cares, AFESIP Cambodia has partnered with a group of 14 Cambodian voluntary dentists to provide dental care training session to its residents in Somaly House, Kampong Cham province, on 27 January 2013.

A total of 125 participants including some staff of Somaly House and 67 residents, 40 primary and secondary school children, whose villages around Somaly House and some teachers had received presentation on dental cares. It was divided into 2 sessions: presentation and surgical dental operation. The presentation gave knowledge to the audience about the future prevention, consequence of negligence and the importance of tooth and mouth cares.

Later after the presentation, to their turn, 20 residents had their teeth cured and filled and 9 others pulled. This operation is not ended yet and it will take place bi-annually. For those residents, who need further treatment we will send them to Phnom Penh.

This voluntary group of dentists will provide the same services to residents at Tom Dy center in Phnom Penh, now we need to develop schedule with them because they can not offer their services on week days, only weekend or public holidays.

Sochenda, Manager of Somaly House in the end expressed her great satisfaction for the work done to help care the residents and wished them to come regularly in order to maintain their good health, namely mouth and tooth. The suggestions were highly appreciated by the team leader.