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From Mexico to Africa, the Academy of LDS Dentists is reaching out...and touching lives. As one of our major objectives, the international service projects involve offering seminars and presentations, supporting dental schools in underserved areas, purchasing equipment to set up satellite clinics at rural locations, influencing struggling dental students in poor countries, and working in clinics to provide dental care for needy patients. The international service projects program has succeeded beyond any expectations.

Dentists and their families, driven by an overwhelming desire to serve, have traveled to Grenada, Uganda, Trinidad, Mexico and other countries, caring for children and adults in need of dental care. They offer dental screenings, cancer screenings and teach preventive dental care. But their influence doesn't stop at healthcare, they are having a spiritual impact as well.

Dr. Dale Linton, former president of the Academy, relates how the program has made a difference in the Caribbean, "When we went to work on the island of Trinidad, we learned that there were two missionaries that were going to be transferred off of the island because there wasn't enough work to keep them busy. By working with the local people, our four-week health fair generated 1,500 referrals for the missionaries. After that, the church brought in 20 other missionaries. After that, the church brought in 20 other missionaries to help them catch up. Since then, I understand that they have brought in 20 more missionaries and have taken the Island of Trinidad from the West Indies Mission and made it a mission by itself."

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