Students promote oral health to homeless

Posted on : Thursday , 25th August 2016

A student at the University of Glasgow’s Dental School has created a society encouraging the city’s homeless to care for their teeth.

Claudia Wasige, 22, who is originally from Kenya, was first inspired to help vulnerable communities after visiting the Everlasting Food Bank, in Dennistoun, east Glasgow, with her church in 2013.

Initially working as a befriender, she met a man who was struggling to eat without any teeth.

After persuading him to seek treatment, she identified a small number of students at the dental school who already worked on the city’s streets promoting oral health.

With them, she approached…

Source : www.thetimes.co.uk

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