title: Nicaragua--dentistry against the odds.
abstract: In July 1988, Roxana Marisa Orellana, a young dentist, travelled from Nicaragua to study community dental health in the UK. Now, 16 months on, she writes about oral health and the dental service in Nicaragua, outlining some of the problems she and her fellow dentists encountered while at work in the strife-torn Central American country.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Orellana
mesh_terms: D003729:Dental Care; D003813:Dentistry / Q000639:trends; D004497:Education, Dental; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs; D009527:Nicaragua