Location: Jacodu and Albesti, Romania

Love Light Smiles

LOVE LIGHT SMILES

CHILD ORAL HEALTH PROMOTION PROJECT 2017

LOCATION: Jacodu and Albesti, Romania

  • partners-1
  • THCo
  • Lovelight
  • Blend-a-med
  • Core 3d Centres
  • GC
  • Elevate Oral Care
  • GSK

Many children in the Romani communities of Transylvania don’t go to school or have clothes or even a
roof over their heads. Needless to say, they lack access to dentistry. Love Light Romania, a local organisation committed to helping with these problems, hosted a small Humble Smile team to implement a dental prevention program.

Children from 2 Romani communities, Jacodu and Albesti, were screened for oral disease and risk factors.

Cavities were treated with Silver Diamine Fluoride. Undecayed teeth were sealed and fluoride applied.

The program included nutritional education.

Tooth brushing was instituted into the daily routine.

The bad news is that our survey and interviews revealed that over 85% of the kids had tooth decay, with an
average of 6 decayed teeth per child, causing many kids to avoid smiling.

The good news is that the kids get a second chance at prevention with the eruption of their permanent teeth,
thanks to our sponsors: Humble Brush; GSK; Elevate Oral Care; GC; Core3dCentres; Blend-a-med.

Brushing

Brushing 3

Clinic

Clinic 1

Nutrition

Nutrition 2

Team

Team 1