Dentaid The Dental Charity

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Dentaid The Dental Charity provides outreach dental care for people experiencing homelessness and other socially excluded groups across the UK.  

The organisation has eight mobile charity dental units that will deliver 500 clinics in the UK this year, from the Channel Islands to Scotland, and Belfast to Norwich. Every clinic has a volunteer dentist and dental nurse who give up their time to help some of the most vulnerable people in their community to access dental care. Patients include people experiencing homelessness, survivors of abuse, cancer patients, fishing communities, refugees, families living in poverty and people living with and overcoming addiction.

Treatment is free for all patients and Dentaid The Dental Charity believes that accessing dental care can help them feel more confident and improve their chances of moving on to a new chapter in their lives.

The organisation also has a range of overseas programmes, including opportunities to join its volunteering teams working alongside local dentists in Cambodia, Malawi and Uganda and supplying portable and refurbished equipment to enable dental outreach programmes to take place in poor and remote communities where people have no other access to dental care.