Despite constant maintenance, dental equipment often breakdown due to use and age. That is what happened to the equipment installed at the very first dental clinic built in 2014 by the Foundation.
The equipment and instruments were installed at the St Scholastica’s Mission Hospital run by the Benedictine Sisters at Barangay Cabab-toan, Pambujan, Northern Samar.
In late January 2026, the Foundation received a message from the dentist in charged at the hospital, Dr. Agnes Canaya indicating that several equipment particularly the handpieces and composite curing lights are no longer functioning well. Further, there is a need for more surgical forceps and peritomes to enhance her work at the clinic. Dental supplies and sundries also need to be replenished.
Dr. Canya indicated that the dental chair has been refurbished and many of the plastic tubes within the dental unit were already changed. A new compressed air supply equipment was also provided as the motor of air compressor installed in 2014 has given up.
In early February, before the Foundation leaderships left for Manila to inaugurate their 9th charity dental project located at the Our Lady of the Pillar Parish, at Las Piñas City, a box full of equipment, instruments and supplies was shipped to the hospital.
After over two and a half months voyage via a cargo ship, the equipment arrived in Manila. Then it took almost another two weeks for the box to finally be delivered to Northern Samar by the land courier.
This week, Sister Amadea Dodadilla, the good nun that administers the hospital informed the Foundation that they received the box and all the equipment inside are intact and in good working order.
Amongst the instrument and equipment sent to them are 20 -brand new pieces of adult surgical forceps, 8 periotomes and two handpieces consisting of an LED light enhanced high speed handpiece and a low-speed units. A new composite curing light and composite resin filling materials were also in the box as well as several PPE’s and assorted dental supplies.
The charity dental clinic at the hospital is open 8 days a month and it provides free basic and emergency dental services to the poor and underserved residents in area of responsibility of the hospital. It has been in service since summer of 2014.
“All the new dental instruments we received will definitely enhance how we deliver the dental services to our numerous patients” stated Dr. Canaya. We are so thankful that the Foundation responded quickly to our request for help, she added.
The dental clinic serves hundreds of underserved residents of Barangay Cabab-toan. It is open every Friday for charity patients.
The Dentistry for Every Village Foundation, Inc., raises funds by seeking grants and donations to build dental clinics. These clinics are donated to health care institutions that have the resources to house the facility, experiences and expertise to run them efficiently, and whose management is supportive of the cause.
