Founded in 2007, the University of Puthisastra (UP) in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, serves as the base structure for our outreach team. During visits to schools and institutions, project manager Dr. med. dent. Philipp Schneider and project supervisor Dr. Shafe Shaikh set up stations in the form of workstations on site. One of these workstations is equipped with our mobile dental unit. The involvement of dental students means that significantly more patients can be treated while they benefit from the training opportunity. All our treatments are carried out according to the three phases 1) prevention and oral hygiene, 2) small restorations, and 3) basic fillings and surgical procedures.
In addition to our work at the University of Puthisastra (UP), we regularly carry out educational work at various schools. We have successfully anchored our content in the Collaborating Center for Innovation in Population's Oral Health (CIPO). CIPO is the summary of all preventive dental campaigns in Cambodia and is closely linked to the Ministry of Health. Among other locations, we were also able to use our mobile dental unit in an institution for children with special needs. During our missions, we were presented with a certificate of appreciation by the founder of the People Improvement Organization (PIO) High School, which is located on the edge of a slum in Phnom Penh.
