Sonrisas Felices
Mobile Dentistry
The Sonrisas Felices dental team is led by Nicaraguan medical professionals who live in the places they serve. We conduct three clinics PER WEEK in remote villages and schools = 144 clinics per year. Over 20,000 people have been served since project inception! Historically, 25% of the clinics take place in schools.
We provide the following services, free to all Nicaraguans: Cleanings - Cavity fillings - Extractions - Consultations - Classroom Education - Kits (toothbrush + paste).
The hospital has a large truck with a full dental setup inside. Funds pay for truck fuel, dentist salary, medical supplies, equipment maintenance (dental equipment, generator), and patient treatment in private clinics when more advanced procedures are needed.
Dentistry at School
Additionally, Sonrisas Felices has the approval from the Ministry of Education to perform procedures on kids at the schools, with parental consent.
According to the Director of the hospital and multiple community leaders in the barrios we serve, we are transforming the state of oral health in the entire municipality.
Testimonies
"On behalf of the Ministry of Health we thank you. Through your work, you have brought oral health to pregnant women with dental cavities, preventing complications. In schools, dental cavities have been prevented. In rural communities the incidence of cavities has been reduced by improving the quality of care to children. We are very grateful and hope to continue this remarkable program."
Dr. Junior Ruiz, Director Hospital Gaspar Garcia Laviana
“Sonrisas Felices has been an incredible strength for us - bringing oral health and free consultation and treatment closer to communities with difficult access and vulnerable areas of the municipality of San Juan del Sur. We offer infinite thanks to this project and its supporters.”
Dr. Oscar Hernandez, Former Director Hospital Gaspar Garcia Laviana