REFUGEES in Bolton and across Greater Manchester will receive free dental treatment after dentists volunteered to give up their time.

Manchester Refugee Support Network (MRSN) has been flooded with new refugees requiring urgent dental work, many told the charity they were in agonising pain, and it was impacting their mental health.

Facing unprecedented demand to assist the refugees with medical services, MRSN requested help from several dental surgeries, the charity was either ignored or rejected. The team feared that they wouldn’t be able to find a solution to help those in relentless pain.

 

Dr Naveed Patel showing refugee childern the best ways for dental hygiene

Dr Naveed Patel showing refugee childern the best ways for dental hygiene

 

Giving up weekends over the last few months, the team at Stockport based Precision Dental Clinic answered the call to action from MRSN and have donated over a hundred hours’ worth of treatment.

From educating refugee children aged just three years on how to clean their teeth properly to elderly patients who had given any hope of having any restorative dental work, the expert team provided definitive dental solutions. The dental work also included, preeminent fillings, dental bridges for those with missing teeth, enabling them to smile with confidence and eat without fear of causing further dental damage.

The team also issue oral hygiene instructions, toothbrush instructions, oral health care packs, mouthwash, and toothpaste to every patient, for many refugees this was the first time holding a toothbrush.

 

Dr Naveed Patel showing refugee childern the best ways for dental hygiene

Dr Naveed Patel showing refugee childern the best ways for dental hygiene

 

MRSN have also received a pledge from Precision Dental Clinic that it will continue to donate time and resources with planned future cosmetic solutions to increase some of the refugee’s confidence, as they build a life in their new country. The clinic has also pledged to support any Ukrainian refugees that the charity may be tasked with helping secure vital dental services.

A spokesman for,Manchester Refugee Support Network said: “We cannot thank Precision Dental Clinic enough for the work they have done, the compassion they have shown to refugees and asylum seekers who in many cases, had lost all hope of receiving any form of dental work.

"It has been such a relief to finally have a solution for our desperate clients and the sacrifice and care that the team have demonstrated is beyond what we at MRSN could’ve ever imagined.”