After several months of moving from slum to slum the team noticed how severely damaged almost 80 per cent of the children’s’ teeth were.

Most were suffering from a variety of serious problems such as bleeding gums, decayed teeth and oral infection that brushing alone,  no matter how regularly, would not solve. None of these children had access to restorative dental care.

We therefore set up a project proposal for a dental clinic where children registered in our program could receive free dental care.
We started negotiations in October 2005 with the Health Department of the San Martin Municipality.

In March 2006, we finally signed a three-year lease with the Mr. Ricardo Ivoskus, the Mayor of San Martin, for the free use on a part time basis of a small abandoned dental clinic in a public health centre outside the Carcova slum.

Thanks to extensive fundraising and our corporate sponsors, the room has been completely renovated. Electricity, heating, plumbing and a new dental chair donated by Colgate Palmolive Argentina,  have been installed.

All dental supplies, additional dental equipment and the dentist salary shall be paid out of the funds raised specifically for this project. Our target is to provide 100 consultations per month for the first year.