The streets are barely able to contain the flow of millions of bicycles. There were lots of sidewalk shops and eating places. The sounds, the smells, and sights were different than anywhere else I had ever been. But the most wonderful thing in this country were the people and their simple genuine ways. We learned that there are only about 2,000 dentists in the entire country and those few are located in the larger cities.
None are in the rural areas.
Our small team traveled about 100 miles east of Saigon to the Province of Ba Rai and worked in rural areas where there were great needs. I have never seen so many children with such swollen abcessed teeth. These children did not even have toothburshes. We examined over 5,000 children and treated 3,156 in the two-weeks. Dr. Lan Jones did the examinations and Dr. Tom Love and myself each treated about 25 children per hour.