An observation of the dental department and the treatment needs of patients presenting at Dohnavur Hospital, southern India.
A hope and a prayer, and a healthy measure of innovative inspiration, makes Dohnavur a surprisingly archaic, but reassuringly effective hospital, despite the appalling shortage of funds and equipment. Rebekah Anderson and Helen Fuller spent the month of their student elective in southern India and here reveal some of the dental anachronisms they encountered.
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Bristol University Dental School.
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D003729:Dental Care / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D003796:Dental Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014072:Tooth Abrasion / Q000453:epidemiology