Urukundo Dental Clinic

How Dental Services Began

The Urukundo Dental Clinic opened in 2014 to serve our community of over 3,000 and to reach others in the surrounding area. It was established to treat no income and low-income families and vulnerable children who could not afford dental care. In many cases, there was no option to see qualified dentists as they were too far to travel by foot or too costly to pay for transportation. A volunteer dentist allowed us to provide free care to the poorest with others paying based on ability.

In 2015 Urukundo Dental partnered with the University of Rwanda College of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Dentistry in order to have a license to continue to provide dental care in the community. Our dental clinic was used as a training site for a Bachelor of Dental Therapy and Bachelor of Dental Surgery academic programs. Students came weekly for training. Low-cost and no-cost services were provided during this time. The partnership ended in 2016 when Urukundo Dental Clinic received its own license from the Rwandan Health Department. In August 2016, a full-time dentist was hired.

Urukundo DENTAL Clinic Today

Urukundo’s dental services are an important asset to Muhunga District residents. We have two full-time dentists and two Assistants.  The Dental Clinic cares for 468 patients a month. Our patients often come for initial exams.  The emphasis is on teaching dental hygiene to all ages, especially those who have never received dental care.

Other treatments and procedures include scanning, extractions, temporary and permanent fillings, cleaning, scaling, dental surgery, and root extractions. Our dentists provide antibiotics when extractions are performed.

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Initial exams for many focus on providing antibiotics in order for extractions to be performed. Always the emphasis is on teaching dental hygiene to all ages, especially those who have never received dental care.