Today we woke up early because some of us were headed to Oral Surgery Theatre! Half of the group went to the theatre in the hospital and the other group went to dental clincs. The theatre is basically an operation groom at the hospital where an oral and maxilla facial surgeon assisted by two dental interns extracted an ameloblastoma on the posterior right mandible of a woman in her thirties. Ashton, Bianca, Jennifer and Astin watched the surgery after they had to remove everything head to toe and suit up in hospital boots, scrubs, and hairnets. The other group, Marc, Stephanie, and Leilah headed to the general dental clinics and watched perio residents, including some pedo patients. The diagnosis and treatment planning are actually very similar to what we do at UNC, minus a few exceptions.Lunchtime came, and boy were we hungry. We were thrilled to discover among a seemingly modest gas station, there was the jewel of Kampala, Cafe Javas. Marc indulged himself in a brownie sundae, Leilah, Astin and Jennifer enjoyed a chocolate milkshake and the food was great. To top it all off, FREE WIFI!!
Astin, Jenn, and Bianca suited up for Oral Surgery
Everyone excited to get some Wifi
Day 6:
Today was another eventful day at the Mulago Hospital! Some of our team got to do their oral surgery rotation. Was a hands on experience? Yes. Can we share details? YES. Leilah got to drain an abscess and Stephanie was able to anesthetize, biopsy a piece of tissue from a tumor, and suture (fully supervised of course). The other half went to the dental clinic and got to do some root canal treatments. Bianca did an intrapulpal injection and Jenn removed pulpal tissue. At lunch we randomly ran into a graduate from Chapel Hill! She is doing research in anthropology at Makerere and ended up coming to dinner with us. Right after lunch, Ashton taught her lecture on alternative injections and pregnancy considerations when treating patients. She did a fantastic job!! Five o’clock came and Dr. Farmer finally arrived. Now we have both our dentists with us and the entire team is finally together! We spent the night out to dinner with everyone and made our way back to the house to rest for a long, but last, day in Kampala.
A little fun with the kids in our rounds in the ward
On rounds in the ward
The beginning stages of Stephanie's biopsy
Ashton's lecture to a crowded room full of Uganda students and faculty. She did a great job!
We finally have both of our dentists!
Bianca, Astin, Stephanie, and Jenn at dinner
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