Touching the Society about the Oral Health Issue and

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www.turmadobem.org.br
Touching the Society about the Oral Health Issue
and Mobilizing the Dental Class to Social and
Environmental Conduct to Promote Access to
Dental Care for People in Poverty and Influence
Public Health Policies 
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What we do

• Our Mission
• To change societys perception of oral health
  and the dentistry class perception
• of the social and environmental impacts of
  their activities.
• Our Values
• - To do for others what we would do for our
  children.
• - Aesthetics and happiness in everything.
• - Transparency and efficiency.

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Our Background

• Founded in 2002 by the well-known dentist, Dr.
  Fabio Bibancos, the Turma do Bem is certified
  annually by the authorities as OSCIP (Civil
  Society Organization of Public Purpose) since
  2003, according to their social role and his
  administration proved honest and transparent.
• Less than 6 years after its opening, the ngo
  already has the largest continuous program of
  voluntary dentists in Latin America, the Dentist
  for Good.
• Recognized nationally and internationally,
• Turma do Bem has been rewarded
• by 2 worldwide renowned institutions
• Ashoka Foundation in 2006 and
• Schwab Foundation in 2007.

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Our Partnerships

• Sponsors
• Institutional Partners

BrazilFoundation
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Our Proposals

• To the society
• To promote access to dental care.
• To the dentistry class
• To value their work and mobilize towards a new
  social and environmental conduct
• To the business sector
• To discuss the ethics of the dentistry sector.
  To encourage low cost products and services
  aiming to provide access. To inspire the same
  conducts to other sectors.
• To the Government
• To change public policies.

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• How do we accomplish all this?

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Dentist for Good

• Largest oral health volunteer program in Latin
  America for children in poverty
• Running in all Brazilian states, in Argentina,
  Venezuela and Portugal
• Commitment The volunteer dentist accompanies and
  treats at his/her own dental offices the child
  through his/her adolescence, until he/she turns
  18.
• Selection process done in the public schools
  and other ngos.

• Criteria for selection
• Between the ages of 11 and 17
• Enrolled in school
• Living in poverty
• In greatest need of treatment
• About to be employed for the first time

Status running since 2002
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Dentist for Good Results and Goals

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New Projects
ACESS
BOAT FOR GOOD
FINANCiNG FOR GOOD
GREEN DENTIST
DOCUMENTARY
EDUCATION
AWARENESS
SCHOOL OF HEALTH PHILOSOPHY
SMILES OF BRAZIL 2
ORAL HEALTH PUBLIC COORDINATORS TRAINING
PEOPLE TOOTHPASTE
PUBLIC POLICIES INFLUENCING

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New Projects
Boat for Good
Oral health care for isolated river communities
in Amazon forest
Financing for Good
Affordable loans to target group of 28m people
w/o access to oral health care
Service Initiatives
People Toothpaste
A political action to the government to produce
and distribute toothbrushes and toothpastes to
needy people for free
Best Practices in Public Oral Health
A great impact project of training to public
oral health coordinators be able to manager
their resources in a better way
Green Dentist
Social-environmental action plan to raise
conscientious consumption habits into the
society trough an ecological approach of the
dentists.
School of Health Philosophy
Promotes courses and lectures presented by
professionals from different areas for a more
humanistic approach of the health professional.
Awareness Initiatives
Smiles of Brazil
Publication series to add profile and increase
commitment
Documentary
Movies and trailers portraying volunteers at work
and beneficiaries to show the impact of our job
in poor people lives.
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Contact us
If you became interested in our cause and in our
actions and want more details about the projects
and plans for partnership, please, dont hesitate
to contact us. It will be a pleasure to assist
you. Paulo SeixasInstitutional
Developmentpaulo_at_turmadobem.org.br

Address Sousa Ramos, 311 - Vila Mariana Sao
Paulo-SP 04120-080 Brazil
Phone [phone] Fax[phone]
www.turmadobem.org.br
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