Working together for improved preventative and curative oral health care in Liberia

From L to R:

Mr. Victor Taryor, Ganta United Methodist Hospital Administrator
Dr. Solomon Christian, dentist and founder of Dental Care for the World
Dr. Scott Edwards, dentist and coordinator for the work with University of Tennessee Dental School - curriculum and equipment
Suzanne Porter, Dean, Winifred J. Harley College of Health Sciences
Bishop John G. Innis of the Liberian Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
Rev. Edgar White, MDiv, MPA, CPA

There are many others who are relevant to this project who are not pictured. These include Dr. Cherian Thomas, UMCOR-Health; Dr. Emmanuel F. Bailey, President United Methodist University; and Dr. Abi Thomas, Director Christian Dental College of Ludhiane, India.

The Dental Nurse Practitioner Program Comes to Life!

The dental program has been the long time dream of many different people and now it has come together! The Ganta United Methodist Hospital had a dentist in the past but due to the effects of time and the war, they have not been able to offer dental services to the people of Nimba County. The development of the Dental Nurse Practitioner Program has been dream of Dr. Solomon Christian, founder of Dental Care for the World, and Rev. Ed White, MDiv, MPA, CPA. Together with the Winifred J. Harley College of Health Sciences in Liberia, the University of Tennessee Dental School and the Christian Dental College in Ludhiana, India, the dreams became reality. Praise God for bringing together these people from different parts of the world with their varied resources to make this happen!


The Making of a Dental Clinic and DNP Program:

It all started with an empty room...

Re-worked dental equipment from the University of Tennessee Dental School arrives in a container.

Six dental chairs installed!

















The classroom for the Dental Nurse Practitioner Program. Pictured are the instructor, Dr. Ashwin Sakharia, from the Christian Dental College in Ludhiana, India with three students. The curriculum was developed by people at University of Tennessee Dental School.








Dr. Ashwin with the students and the dental technician about to provide care for a patient!