This mission was carried out in the towns of Calca Provence in Cuzco, specifically Chumpe, San Salvador, Lamay and Huama (the tourist zone of the Sacred Valley of the Incas) on June 11 – 15, 2007. The mission team was formed by 10 local and U.S. oral health care professionals, as well as volunteers and 12 students from the National University of San Antonio Abad de Cusco. It is important to note that in addition to the standard dental procedures, atraumatic restorative treatment (ART), dental sealants, and direct restorations were also performed.
PADA has planned to install a complete dental unit with equipment, instruments, and supplies in Huama under community supervision and implement a convention with the National University of San Antonio Abad de Cusco for internship programming and management.
The following are the results of the Cuzco Mission:
Location | Fluoride Applications | Dental Consultations | Dental Extractions | Dental Sealants | A.R.T | Total Patients Seen |
Chumpe | 187 | 58 | 28 | 68 | —- | 255 |
San Salvador | 9 | 137 | 67 | 136 | —- | 137 |
Lamay | 38 | 91 | 21 | —- | 29 | 267 |
Huama | 238 | 238 | 39 | 244 | 55 | 244 |
Total | 472 | 524 | 155 | 448 | 84 | 803 |
Participants:
Dr. Wilmer Yabar Dr. Felipe Santiago Laquihuanaco Loza Dr. Betsy Apaza Vianne Huaman Baca Soronaida Cama Cusi Flor de Maria Rodríguez Mendoza Gabriela Zecenarro Rojas Dr. Rosalin Escalante Zegarra | Dr. Carlos Chavez Dr. Oscar Pineda Vanesa Latorre Paz Gladis Romoacca Cazas Wendy Arzubialde Caviedes Mery Mayorga Madrid Diana Torres Arturo Flores Loayza | Dr. Giscard Rodriguez Dr. David Elguera Maribel Hurtado Nunez Elizabeth Moya Montesinos Jenny Reynoso Zavallos Lina Maritza Laquihuanaco Coarita Yolanda Marquez Marianela Tueros Loayza |
Aknowledgements: | ||
2007 PADA Board of Directors Colgate Peru Orange Company Hispanic Dental Association | PADA Members Shacker Dental 3M Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad | Pearson Dental Patterson Dental Supplies Ultradent |