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Dr. Paul C. Schoenbeck, CEREC expert, joined USNS COMFORT on world's largest humanitarian mission bringing medical care and CEREC technology to US Navy and Dominican Republic dentists.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ( PRWEB) June 25, 2009 -- Dr. Paul C. Schoenbeck recently became part of the largest humanitarian effort in the world by joining forces with other medical professionals on the USNS Comfort for Project Continuing Promise 2009 in the Dominican Republic.
The Comfort, one of the two largest hospital ships in the world, is on a four-month humanitarian and civic assistance mission to Latin America and the Caribbean in support of Continuing Promise 2009.
Dr. Schoenbeck was invited to join the USNS Comfort project as a certified trainer and recognized CEREC expert to train the US Navy dentists on CEREC technology and to introduce the technology to the Dominican Republic.
Dr. Schoenbeck was part of a group of dentists, physicians, veterinarians, pharmacists, optometrists, engineers, and others in the healthcare fields, who had over 40,000 healthcare encounters, 10,000 patient encounters, and 1000 animal treatments.
He spent two days on the ship teaching and training Navy dentists and Dominican medical dignitaries and students and four days on the island in a field hospital providing dental care to the poorest of the Dominican people.
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Schoenbeck trained Dr. Erick Nuñez, the Director General of Medicine and Dentistry for the Dominican military, in CEREC.
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"It was a big honor for me," Dr. Schoenbeck stated.
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Another honor for Schoenbeck was to train Dr. Johanna Diaz, Dean of the Dominican Republic School of Dentistry, in CEREC.
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Dr. Schoenbeck spent two days on board Comfort giving CEREC presentations and demonstrations, which included two live patient CEREC restorations.
There are four thousand dentists for a population of nine million, and thirteen dental schools in the Dominican Republic.
But access for many people is difficult.
A field hospital was set up for the Comfort medical providers in a dilapidated sports complex built for the 2003 Pan-Am games.
Thousands of Dominicans lined up for care.
Dr. Schoenbeck's unit, which included two Dominican dentists, saw 92 patients in one day alone.
"The people started lining up in front of the complex around three or four in the morning," said Schoenbeck.
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"I really appreciated the interaction of the military people and the other volunteers," Schoenbeck said.
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And if Dr. Schoenbeck has his way, he'll be sailing with her when she does.
For more information on Dr. Paul Schoenbeck, go to www.northcountrydental.com.
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Dr. Schoenbeck demonstrates CEREC to Dean of Dominican Republic Dental School and Director General of Medicine and Dentistry for Domincan Republic military
Dr. Schoenbeck demonstrates CEREC to Dean of Dominican Republic Dental School and Director General of Medicine and Dentistry for Domincan Republic military
Dr. Paul Schoenbeck, far left, Dr. Johanna Diaz (Dean of Dom Rep Dental School), second to far right, and Dr. Erick Nunez, Dir. Gnrl.
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Dr. Paul Schoenbeck brings hi-tech dentistry to the Dominican Republic
Dr. Paul Schoenbeck brings hi-tech dentistry to the Dominican Republic
Dr. Schoenbeck demonstrating CEREC on board USNS Comfort.
Cmdr. Hartzell, head of dental unit on USNS Comfort looks on.