On September 23, 2011, five dentists from Smile Generation approved offices will travel to Addis Ababa to once again serve the dental needs of the Ethiopian people.
This is the second time the Smile Generation team will head to Ethiopia, having traveled there last October, where they saw more than 1,800 patients.
The trip is being led by Moody Alexander, DDS, an orthodontist in Arlington, TX. Other members of the group includes Yasmin Easley, DDS, from Palmdale, CA; Tanisha Jackson, DDS, from Redlands, CA; Christina Kraft, DMD, from Oro Valley, AZ; Jennifer DeLaPaz, DDS, from La Quinta, CA; and Nora Vinh, DMD, from Tustin, CA.
The group will spend the majority of its time performing extractions and some restorations in the 75-year-old village of Korah, which was originally set up to transplant people with leprosy outside of Addis Ababa.
"Last year Korah made such an impact on all of us that we decided to return and make this village our primary focus," stated Smile Generation's We Serve Manager Kyle Guerin in a press release. "These people have to travel great distances to find a dentist, if they can find one at all, and if they do find a dentist, they can't afford it. We've come to try to bring a smile to the people of Korah, which is why we've named the trip Ethiopia Smile."
