‘Salt as toothpaste’: Heartbreaking truths a dental hygienist learned after medical mission to the Philippines
As Noreen Ocampo—a Philippine-born, Canadian-trained dental hygienist on a medical mission to the Philippines—peered into the mouth of a young boy from Smokey Mountain, her heart broke at what she saw. “Nabulok na ang permanent teeth (his permanent teeth were all rotted out),” Ocampo said. She said most of the kids from Smokey Mountain—one of […]