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About Us We are a Santa Cruz, CA-based operation that is committed to help support dental care in Micronesia. We have no operating budget and no paid staff so we rely on volunteers and donations. We help organize teams of volunteer dentists and public health educators to travel to Micronesia to conduct much needed health care clinics. Our mission: To support the dental care needs of the developing Pacific island nation of Micronesia. How we work: We organize teams of volunteer dentists to travel to the Pacific islands to conduct training, clinics, acute care in the islands. Board of Advisors:
Team 2008: Starting in Summer 2008, a team of dentists will travel to Chuuk, Micronesia to provide free dental clinic services for the people.
Contact us if you'd like to join the team or future service teams.
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Dr. Barry and Stephanie Staley posing at the Chuuk International Airport after delivery of dental supplies to the Chuuk Public Dental Health Clinic in January, 2005. History: Retired periodontist Barry Staley, DDS and his wife Stephanie started the MDS Project in 2004 to help the Micronesian islands. While preparing to visit his daughter Desha and her Micronesian husband Vid who were volunteers at Xavier High School in Chuuk, the Staleys solicited the help of dental supply companies and dentists who donated over $200,000 worth of dental equipment. Using their garage for storage as the supplies arrived by the boxes, the Staleys were soon able to fill an entire ship container. Using their own funds, they arranged with an ocean liner to transport the container of dental supplies to the State of Chuuk to be donated to the Public Dental Clinic. Barry and Stephanie then travelled to Chuuk in time to help unload the container and Dr. Staley then proceeded to train the local clinic staff in the proper handling of the equipment.
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