Dentistry spreads goodwill, healing, and hope in China Responding to dental needs in a city of 1.25 million people with only a few practicing dentists, three dentists, Richard Wong, SD’71, David Wong, SD’90, and Neal Chu, DDS, joined physicians and other professionals of the US-China Christian Institute for a mission project at Zhongshan, China. This is a city about 90 minutes by boat from Hong Kong. They took with them 21 boxes of dental and medical equipment and supplies, including instruments loaned to them by Ron Forde, SD’83, director of service learning at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, and supplies from the Hong Kong Adventist Hospital. After a brief stop in Hong Kong on Monday, April 24, they set up dental equipment on the third floor of the local city hospital. Some 80 patients were already lining up for service before the team even had the dental compressor in working order. (American equipment, Hong Kong converter-transformer, Chinese sockets -- not a good mix!) In all, they treated over 150 dental patients; advised and counseled scores of others; gave instructions and supplies to workers in the hospitals, students, their parents, Christian fellow-believers, government officials and employees in the vast educational system of that city. One can see the Zhongshan treatment room that was used for the dental procedures. Pictured are John Wong, MD, Dave Wong, SD’90, Neal Chu, DDS, and Norman Wong, MD. The patient is the local pastor. back to contents University | Medical_Center | LLU&MC_home | Search | Employment | News_&_events | Academics | Our_mission | Admissions | Registration | Research | Alumni | Student_resources All contents copyright © 2001 Loma Linda University. All rights reserved. Revised February 14, 2001 Send comments and questions to webmaster@univ.llu.edu  URL: http://www.llu.edu