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Three Things I Know To Be True…No Four
The experience of providing volunteer dental services in numerous foreign countries over the years with Health Teams International Canada, has clearly influenced the manner in which I choose actions for my daily life at home. It is reflected in the way I order my personal affairs, conduct my Prosthodontic Dental Practice, volunteer in my community and advocate […]

Dentistry Among the Poor. Update 31 October 2014
New Volunteers Offering to Lend a Hand Dental Assistants: Intisar Alam (Univ of Ottawa Student) Enas Atatra (DDS, Saudia Arabia) Pamela Bidawid (Univ of Ottawa Student) Chantal Booker Deena Nahar (DDS, Bagladesh) Hygienists: Shalini Muthurajah, RDH Vanessa Rabinshaw, RDH Allison Taylor, RDH Dentists: Cathy Deschenes, DDS Joliann Joseph, DDS Kevin Orser, DDS Sailesh Pershad, DDS Guillaume […]

Dentistry Among the Poor. Update June 2014
Volunteers The local Ottawa Dental Community continues to value the importance of giving back to impact the lives of others less fortunate. In addition to our latest newcomers (below), we now have 111 dental professionals volunteering, including: 54 Dentists 26 Hygienists 28 Dental Assistants 3 Denturists Thank You and Carry On! Dental Assistant: Ashley Whitelocke […]

Dentistry Among the Poor – April 2014 Update
More Volunteer Helpers Our latest recruitment campaign has been very successful! Here are the names of those in our local Ottawa dental community who have recently expressed an interest in volunteering at one of our free dental outreach centres: Dental Assistants: Laura Creighton (DDS Columbia) Linda Gonzales Hygienists: Rebecca Courtney Sheena Osborne Fiona Simmins Dentistry […]

Introducing The Integrated Dental Group
We are reorganizing our way of doing things with an emphasis on evolving into a is a multi-expert practice designed to facilitate convenient coordination and integration of patient care involving two or more dental professionals under one roof. Known as, Integrated Dental Group, we are committed to improving personalized care through the delivery of dentistry […]

Ottawa Charitable Dental Clinics Update – Thank You Celebration Party
Along with our Brand Partners, Milident and Gumdocs we hosted a Thank You Celebration Party to recognize and acknowledge the many Ottawa area dentists, hygienists, auxiliaries and other encouragers who have given time, effort and money to support our attempts to provide free dental care to Ottawa’s most needy. This fun get together to celebrate […]

1 Samuel 2:8
“The Lord raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the ash heap.”

C.S. Lewis
“If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say they are too small.”

Proverbs 19:17
“Those who are kind to the poor lend to the Lord and He will reward them for what they have done.”

Mahatma Gandhi
“I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”