CUC Student Assists Dentist in Valley of Peace Project

In April CUC alumnus and local dentist Dr. Kelvin Hill and a coworker took current CUC pre-dental student Victor Halder on a dental mission trip to the Valley of Peace Seventh-day Adventist Academy in Belize.  "Although our team was smaller than usual this year we continued to focus on the dental health of the group of students attending Valley of Peace Academy," said Dr. Hill.  "This group of students is a manageable size that can be assessed and treated on an annual basis."

Victor Halder, a 3rd year Biology major
from North York, Ontario, made many
new friends on his mission trip to
Belize!

During the four days of treatment, April 22-25, the team performed specific exams on 37 students and community members.  They conducted 117 procedures: 13 fillings, 4 extractions, 30 preventative restorative resins, 51 sealants and 19 cases of dental scaling, polishing an/or fluoride treatment.  Dr. Hill reported he was pleased that this year the need for dental care did not, as it has in previous years, exceed the time and resources available to provide that care.  "We have made significant gain in controlling the tooth decay in this group of young people," said Dr. Hill.

Dr. Hill has been taking CUC students interested in a career in dentistry on annual mission trips for 11 years.

More information about this trip can be found here.