Each year Dr. Whilden and Dr. Brevet, along with a team of assistants, have the privilege of working in remote areas to provide much needed dental care. Although relief of pain is their primary focus, time is always spent teaching oral hygiene and providing fluoride treatments to children to help prevent decay. Over the years these groups have worked in Bolivia, Honduras, Ecuador, Venezuela, India, Haiti, Sierra Leone, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Pictures from recent trips are shown below.

• India - 2005
• Bolivia - 2006
• Ecuador - 2007
• Haiti - 2008
• Guatemala - 2009
• Nicaragua - 2010

India - 2005

View larger image Dr. Whilden polishing a child's teeth.	View larger image Dr. Brevet and a new friend.	View larger image Dr. Brevet extracting a tooth.
View larger image Fluoride treatments are given to entire classes from local schools.	View larger image Dr. Brevet and a patient after treatment.	View larger image Vacation Bible School is taught by Indian team members.
View larger image The children of an orphanage "crowned" the dental team.	View larger image Dr. Brevet cleaning a child's tooth.	View larger image Dr. Whilden and a new friend.
View larger image Dr. Whilden giving anesthesia.	View larger image Dr. Whilden teaching dental hygiene to a school class.	View larger image Dr. Whilden doing an examination.
View larger image The entire team.

Bolivia - 2006

View larger image Dr. Brevet giving anesthesia.	View larger image Dr. Brevet between patients.	View larger image Dr. Brevet extracting a tooth.
View larger image The team at work in Urubicha, Bolivia.	View larger image Dr. Whilden and his son, Jordan, making balloon animals.	View larger image Elizabeth, a Bolivia team member, teaching oral hygiene.
View larger image The dental team.	View larger image Room for one more?	View larger image Dr. Whilden extracting a tooth.
View larger image Dr. Whilden giving a prize to a patient in Santa Maria, Bolivia.	View larger image Missionaries post signs letting people know when the dental team will be coming.	View larger image A typical Bolivian village market.

Ecuador - 2007

View larger image Medical Missions International staff and volunteers	View larger image Setting up at a church in Ambato	View larger image Dr. and Carol Whilden and their son, Jordan, with a patient
View larger image Dr. Whilden with one of the co-workers	View larger image Dr. Whilden and Jordan examining a child	View larger image A happy patient! (We like these!)
View larger image Jordan teaching dental hygiene with a puppet, Max the Cow	View larger image Children receiving fluoride treatments	View larger image One of our new friends.

Haiti - 2008

View larger image Our welcoming committee in Bon Repos.	View larger image The clinic at the Light and Peace Mission.	View larger image Setting up the dental clinic.
View larger image Overview of the dental clinic.	View larger image Our portable dental equipment that allows us to do fillings.	View larger image Dr. Whilden and Mike Badger doing a filling.

Guatemala - 2009

View larger image The firemen in Nebaj pulled the trucks out for us to work in their garage.	View larger image The first day's waiting list.	View larger image Overview of the fire station clinic.
View larger image Dr. Whilden treating a patient.	View larger image Conversations had to be translated from English to Spanish to Ixil!	View larger image Dr. Whilden with a patient.
View larger image All patients received information about hygiene and the Bible.	View larger image A patient with the typical Ixil headdress.	View larger image Our clinic in a school in Cotzal.
View larger image School children arriving for fluoride treatments.	View larger image One of the teachers giving dental hygiene instructions.	View larger image Dr. Whilden making balloon animals for children...and adults!

Nicaragua - 2010

View larger image Loading buses to travel from Managua to Masachapa where the team worked for a week.	View larger image Masachapa is located on the western coast of Nicaragua. Many of the townspeople are fishermen.	View larger image The local fleet going out early in the morning.
View larger image Dr. Whilden sharing a devotional thought with the 55 member medical-dental team before leaving for the clinic.	View larger image The dental clinic.	View larger image Dr. and Carol Whilden and Johnny, one of the interpreters, preparing a tooth for restoration.
View larger image Dr. Whilden's treatment being inspected by his patient's daughter!	View larger image Approval!	View larger image We wanted to bring these home!
View larger image Jordan Whilden and Johnny teaching oral hygiene to school classes.	View larger image Dr. Whilden teaching a medical student to do an extraction.	View larger image Jordan turned 20 this week!
View larger image Dr. Whilden and two other interpreters.	View larger image Carol Whilden with team preparing to distribute food to families living in the Managua dump.	View larger image A home in the Managua dump.
View larger image The mobile medical unit which allowed x-rays and surgeries to be performed.	View larger image Inside the mobile medical unit.