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Volunteering opportunities
Spend a day volunteering on one of our mobile dental units providing dental care to those who need it most.
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Our mobile dental units
Clinics take place on our mobile dental units outside hostels, day centres, soup kitchens, community centres and public buildings.
On-board our UK volunteer dentists and dental nurses provide free screening and treatment for all our patients including oral cancer checks, scale and polish, fluoride varnish, x-rays, fillings and extractions.
Who we help
For many homeless and vulnerable people, accessing dental care is incredibly difficult. Our mobile dental units visit soup kitchens, women's refuge centres, hostels and day centres, with volunteers providing free pain-relieving dental treatments, preventive and restorative care and oral health advice.
We provide dental care to people experiencing homelessness, head and neck cancer patients, refugees and asylum seekers, families experiencing poverty, military veterans, survivors of abuse, fishermen and their families, children in areas of high social deprivation and victims of domestic violence. Our aim is to help patients out of dental pain and help to restore their self esteem.
Many patients will not have seen a dentist for many years and may be suffering from anxiety, mental health problems and long-term dental pain. By running a clinic in a location where they feel safe and familiar, we can help them out of immediate pain and help them to re-engage with dental care.
We have volunteering opportunities for dentists and dental nurses on board our mobile dental unit and we also need volunteers to help take medical histories and ensure the smooth running of our clinics. Our volunteer teams work alongside Dentaid The Dental Charity staff and project workers from the charities we work with.