28 February 2008
Addis Ababa — A team of dental students from the US, led by Dr. Richard Parker, a Loma Linda University School of Dentistry graduate recently returned home having completed a dental mission to western Ethiopia, where they provided medical and dental service to more than 350 people, a newspaper published in the US reported on Wednesday.
Parker and his team spent two weeks at Gimbie Adventist Hospital, in the Oromia regional state; hey also travelled to the countryside to serve Ethiopians who rarely have dental care available, the California-based San Bernardino said on its website.
Parker, who runs a private dental practice in Calimesa, said the missions are aimed at providing dental students an opportunity to practice dentistry in a setting outside the traditional clinic environment, the report said adding, Parker's first dental mission was to Guatemala in 1967.
"It gives you a sense of satisfaction to be able to do that, and I think the students get that same satisfaction," Parker was quoted as saying.
Accompanying Parker on the most recent trip to Ethiopia, the report indicated, were his wife, Bonnie, their son, Scott, who is a dental student at Loma Linda University, and Scott's wife, Erika, a physician.
Dental student Tate Montgomery of Redlands also went on the trip, the report added.
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