Ecuador 2012- Dr. Thomas

The first day of clinic-

      We started off strong this morning with Dr. Nelson being the last on the bus at 8:01. The clinic was a lot closer to the hotel than last year, so that is nice. It took about 20 minutes to get there and another 45 min to get the clinic set up to treat patients. We had a room for photos and fun stuff for the kids first followed by triage and injections. From there, patients went to the extraction room, filling room or cleaning room depending on their particular needs. We stayed at the same stations all morning until a great lunch of chicken and rice. After lunch, we rotated the dental students to a new station and rotated again one more time around 2. We are going to continue this 2 hr rotation schedule so that everybody gets the chance to serve in different areas. It was fun to see all the dental students working on patients and also great to see some thankful faces.

Dr. Hunter Thomas
2011 UTHSC BCM Alum