Back to the Clinics!

The Dynamic Dental Duo!

Today was another awesome day of clinics. The medical clinic saw 195 people and the dental team saw about 97 patients (and a few good extractions). The little town we worked in had very little electricity, aside from the little bit that we were able to use at the school. A few years ago a German university came through the town and put solar panels on many of the houses to give them some light for the night time. There was also one large panel that helped to pump their water supply. The people we saw today were alot healthier overall than those we saw on Tuesday in the city. Their dental needs were quite large, though. Our three dentists performed non-stop extractions in incredible heat during the day. The best dental case of the day was when our husand and wife dental duo, the Thomas', had to remove some impacted wisdom teeth with a chisel and hammer. Frank called their action "chiselin' and sizzlin' ". One more day left of clinics tomorrow :( We are headed to the salt flats. They say the temperature could be in excess of 109 degrees. Whew!