The prize this time is vouchers to the Eden Spa at Hoar Cross Hall with special de-stress treatments essential at this time of year. Click Here to watch the video. Are you the winner?

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The problem I have had since I returned from Morocco is answering the question “how was your trip?” in just a few sentences. Words that spring to mind are adventure, challenge, emotional, joy and sadness. I could add many more but can sum up with one word: successful.

The team, 4 dentists 2 dental nurses a general nurse plus Cally, Tony and Jess from MPOD and translator and guide Domien gathered in Southern Spain to travel with all the kit in a trailer behind a mini bus via ferry to Morocco. We had been given a special licence to travel to El Jabeh to provide dental treatment to the children of the local school which was the focal point of the community, with many more children travelling in from remote villages.

I only remember seeing one child with a filled tooth the rest had never seen a dentist. Their oral health and hygiene was very poor with significant numbers having first permanent molars diseased beyond repair. A diet rich in sugar and honey and no dental health routine or health care would have shocked most UK dentists  at the levels of disease and decay.

I said at the start the trip was successful – we achieved our goal. We screened 160 children. We found more than 50% of them in dental pain and we treated all of them. Sadly the majority of care we provided was extractions. This was emotionally difficult but made up by the smiles and hugs the children gave us the next day.

Dental Mavericks cannot leave this community with the job only partly done. We have big plans to get dentist there more regularly both local professionals from Chefchaouen 3 hours away and also from the UK. We raised £10,000 for the trip this year and next year would like to provide portable dental units to go with the field chairs. Two of the chairs we donated, one to the clinic in El Jabeh and one to the District to be used in the surrounding area. Hopefully in the future we can provide dental care that would be more familiar to the children we care for in the UK like fillings.

If you would like further information or would like to donate to this worthwhile cause you can visit www.dentalmavericks.org  or bring your donations to Smile Style.

His flights are booked and his diary cleared for the week and a bit away from the practice in September. If you would like to know more about Richard’s work in Morocco or to make a donation visit www.dentalmavericks.org

Video of Richard Howarth presenting Sue her prize an iPad

Richard Howarth presents Sue with her new iPad as a thank you for all her kind referrals. Sue was place in the draw for the iPad after referring her husband to Smile Style and was the luck winner drawn from all the names of patients who had referred friends or family members in the last few months.

If you would like the opportunity to win a Spa Day for two at the Luxury Hoar Cross Hall then get referring. Remember we make it easy with a half price assessment voucher for you to download, just visit the Offers Page. You get one chance for each person you refer. It is the biggest thank you you can give us by trusting us to care for family and friends.

Kind regards

Richard

Are you the lucky winner?

Richard Howarth, Stafford’s Pain Free Life Transformational Dentist draws the winner of our referral competition to win an iPad. Watch the video to see if it is you.

Smile Style iPad Draw

Richard said ‘a big thank you to all our patients who have referred us friends and family over the last few months. We are proud to be trusted to take care of their dental health and have them join our dental family.’

As well as collecting a gift for each referral you send us we will also enter you in our Prize Draw. So far this year luck patients have already won an iPhone and an iPad. To make the job of referring them easy remember to get them to down load our Half Assessment Price Voucher.

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