Dr Alex Adams, of Adams Dental in Southgate, has recently returned from Tanzania following a very successful dental training programme in which 12 Health Workers were trained in emergency dental care and over 1300 patients were treated. Following Alex’s experience with us, the founding dentist has announced that his practice, Adams Dental, will donate all […]
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– Mark Topley Last week I was fortunate enough to attend the Dentistry Show – a fast growing dental trade and training event held at the NEC in Birmingham. It was my third trip to the show, and it has been fantastic to see how the event has grown in such a short space of time. This particular show came […]
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We’re thrilled to announce that the Association of Dental Groups (ADG), the professional body that represents corporate and group dentistry providers, has made Bridge2Aid one of their key charity partners for the next 12 months and has made a substantial donation to our urgent appeal. Following the launch of our appeal earlier this year, ADG […]
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– Mark Topley, CEO This week I want to pay tribute to our volunteers. The people that quite literally make our training programme and the work that we do in East Africa possible. I know many of you will have heard us talk about volunteers a lot and I wanted to take this opportunity to […]
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– Mark Topley, CEO I can’t quite believe how busy our volunteer training programme is right now! We started the year with another of our very successful Phase 2 programmes (where a smaller team of volunteers work to train District Dental Officers in how to be trainers), which was quickly followed by a double programme […]
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Following a very successful DVP earlier this month, today another group of volunteers will leave Heathrow in preparation for our second dental training programme during February! 12 Health Workers successfully completed our dental training programme in the Lake Zone region on Wednesday 12th, following 3 days of theory training and 6 days of practical training […]
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Guest blog by Toothpick.com In the UK, we have come to take access to dentists for granted. We may complain that we have to travel to visit an NHS dentist or wait a couple of days to get a booking with our regular dentist. But the truth is that when we need treatment, we can […]
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Mark Topley, CEO. Thank you so much to those who have already donated to our urgent appeal, it’s been a huge encouragement for us all. We’ve raised over £40,000 in just a few weeks on our Justgiving Page and cannot thank the dental industry enough for coming together at this time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_9YKmncfeU&feature=youtu.be
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We have big plans to turn the NEC pink at this year’s Dentistry Show! Please join us in support of our urgent appeal by wearing a pink Bridge2Aid polo shirt, complete with your own branding. The sea of pink will be visible at the NEC on Saturday 1st March and we’d love for you to […]
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On Friday 24th January we wrapped up part 1 of our Phase 2 programme which saw 6 Health Workers pass our dental training programme and receive their basic instrument kits. The Health Workers can begin to offer access to free emergency dental care in their communities right away. The District Dental Officers (DDOs) training the Health […]
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