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PACE Dental Clinic

last updated Sep 27, 2011

Overview

Implementing organization: 
PACE (Pan African Christian Exchange)
Implementation Partner(s): 
Local Churches
Legal Status: 
Private (not-for-profit)
Year Launched: 
2009
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
Bottom 20%

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Donor

Scale

Personnel Employed: 
<10
Number of Clients Served: 
15-20 patients per day
Scope: 
PACE introduced root canals this year 2011 and hope to implement dentures next year in 2012.
Summary: 

PACE Dental Clinic offers a full range of dental care services from dental extractions to root canal treatments and seeks to improve the dental health of patients and to encourage the community to embrace the importance of preventive dental maintenance.

Program goals/rationale: 

Their goal is to encourage behavior changes that would lead to the use of preventive dental care methods and to utilize the results to gain funding to continue and expand PACE’s dental care services by improving oral hygiene and conservation of teeth. This is done by providing preventive, curative and rehabilitative dental services and also conduct dental hygiene outreach

Key program components: 

Through effective dental care (preventive, curative, and rehabilitative), educational outreach, and volunteer activities, PACE seeks to improve the dental health of patients and to encourage the community to embrace the importance of preventive dental maintenance. PACE also aspires to serve as an example for the provision of dental care in the region and eventually achieve financial self-sufficiency. For dental care services, PACE prioritizes students who attend the school, staff members, parents of the school children, and community members, respectively.

PACE works with dental patients to educate them on the importance of proper dental care and uses surveys to track the data by asking a variety of questions to all patients both pre and post appointment. With this information, PACE hopes to encourage the community to embrace the importance of preventive dental maintenance.

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