IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF TREATMENT Activities / Highlights SDA DENTAL CLINIC, YAOUNDE, CAMEROON / WAD Dr. MAHELE ANTOINE FELIX/ antoinemahele@yahoo.fr 116 Rue Valery Giscard D’Estaing IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF TREATMENT Introduction Activities / Highlights The SDA philosophy in health requires a good care of patients: mentally, psychologically and spiritually. Good quality of health is a must in our institution. Dental exams X-rays Dental hygiene: cleaning, polishing, flossing Conservative treatments: fillings, endodontics Surgery Orthodontics Prosthetics: flippers, crowns, bridges Dental implants Our needs: Six new or used dental chairs Sand blast machine Acrylic casting machine Instruments for extraction Instruments for orthodontic Training courses for dentists and assistants History The SDA dental clinic in Yaoundé, was created in 1977, by missionaries from the General Conference. It is the first non- government dental clinic in Cameroon. Today, many dental clinics are available and many of them are better equipped than our clinic. There are about 413 dentists in Cameroon. Each year about 55 new dentists graduate from medical schools. Mission Our mission is improvement through the method of Jesus Christ: hope, love and compassion. Statistical Summary Patients per year: 7,130 (approx.) men 47% women 35% children 8% Budget: 238,977,072 CFA (US$420,822) personnel expenses: 65% function expenses 30% investment 5% Future Goals Improving the quality of our treatments for the satisfaction of our patients