Dental Volunteering: Get to Know Por1Sorriso

With support from Dental Cremer | Henry Schein, NGO promotes oral health and preventive education

When Latin America's largest dental company, Dental Cremer | Henry Schein, partners with the largest mobile dental care NGO, Por 1 Sorriso, the result is over 70,000 procedures performed. This is one of the figures that reinforce Dental Cremer | Henry Schein's commitment to supporting initiatives that build a more inclusive, humane, and accessible dentistry.

According to recent data released by the World Health Organization (WHO), 3.5 billion people, or nearly half of the world's population, suffer from oral diseases. Furthermore, according to the report, in the last 30 years there has been an increase of one billion new cases of patients with oral health problems, with 4.3 billion registered in poor countries.

Dental Cremer | Henry Schein's commitment to dentistry goes beyond the confines of dental offices and laboratories. “Through this partnership, we will be able to go further and reach even more people in a country as unequal and edentulous as ours. Social responsibility is everyone's duty, and having Dental Cremer | Henry Schein alongside us in this process elevates our actions to another level, reaching more people and getting more individuals to smile again,” highlighted Felipe Rossi, president of the NGO, a dentist specializing in Aesthetic Dentistry and Periodontics, about the partnership.

Dental Cremer | Henry Schein has a schedule of best practices in social and corporate governance, which is why it supports initiatives that expand access to oral health in order to promote human dignity. A smile transforms the world, and volunteering is one of the tools responsible for creating healthy and happy smiles.

A smile transforms the world: Por 1 Sorriso impacts thousands of lives

• More than 75 social actions in Brazil and on the African continent;
• More than 15,000 dental services;
• More than 25,000 lives impacted;
• More than 70,000 procedures performed with the support of volunteer professionals.

Dental social responsibility

Expanding access to oral healthcare for underserved communities through humanized and specialized dental care is one of the purposes of the partnership between Por 1 Sorriso and Dental Cremer | Henry Schein. Latin America's largest dental distributor supports the organization, volunteers, and partners with infrastructure, continuous investment, and team engagement. According to Rossi, “this monthly partnership allows us to keep spreading smiles.”.

Watch the video and see the full testimony of the president of Por 1 Sorriso

A Dental Cremer | Henry Schein is proud to contribute, including with high-tech dental equipment, in order to facilitate procedures and directly collaborate with patient care.

Getting to know the Por1Sorriso NGO

Founded in October 2015 by dentists Felipe Rossi and Marina Bello, Por1sorriso promotes initiatives to restore self-esteem through humanized medical and dental assistance. It operates with quality care, competence, attention to collaborators, and the use of advanced technology. It has over 4,900 volunteers and more than 15,000 people have already been impacted by its actions.

The NGO depends on donations and partnerships to continue promoting its actions, in addition to the volunteer work that profoundly impacts not only the lives of the people receiving treatment, but also the volunteer themselves, who have the opportunity to work with professionals from other specialties, as well as having their lives also transformed by volunteer work.

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News website: https://blog.dentalcremer.com.br/ong-por1sorriso-fazer-sorrir-nos-faz-sorrir/