Volunteer Information
Volunteers are the heart of our MOM-n-PA missions. We will rely on the generous help of more than 800 volunteer dentists, dental hygienists, efdas, assistants, lab technicians and other community volunteers during the mission.
MOM n PA Dental Missions
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Volunteers!
Online Registration for our 2019 mission will begin in March 2019
The mission will take place in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
Will be posted in March 2019!!!
Below are descriptions of the many roles we will need volunteers to play over the course of the mission.
Lay Volunteers: Sign up for Registration, Patient Ambassador (escort patients in the clinic), Patient Exit Interview, Volunteer Registration, Crowd Control, Translator, Data Entry, Hospitality, Set-up, Tear-Down. General Volunteers are our greatest need!!!!
Dentists: Those with a dental degree and a current, unrestricted PA dental license or a PA volunteer dental license to work in the following areas: dental triage, local anesthesia, oral surgery, restorative, endodontics, prosthodontics, pediatric dentistry.
Hygienists: Those with a dental hygiene degree and a current, unrestricted PA dental hygienist license to work in the following areas: hygiene, sterilization, anesthesia, and radiology.
Expanded Functions Dental Assistants (EFDAS): Those who hold a current EFDA certification to work in the following areas: Restorative
Dental Assistants: radiology, dental triage, oral surgery, restorative, endodontics, prosthodontics, pediatric dentistry, sterilization, and hygiene.
Front Office Staff/Billing Clerks: May work in Data Entry, Patient Exit Interview, Patient Registration or any other non-dental positions.
Students: Dental, dental hygienist, dental assistant, dental therapist and medical students are needed for various non-clinical volunteer work. We especially need bilingual students.
Dental Equipment Technicians: Individuals with appropriate training and experience to set-up, maintain, and tear down dental equipment.
Hygiene / Assisting Students: Sign up in Sterilization, Patient Education or any non-dental position.
Laboratory Technicians: Individuals with appropriate training and experience to fabricate, or repair oral prosthetics, including treatment partials.
Pharmacist / Pharmacy Tech / Pharmacy Student: Sign up for the onsite Pharmacy.
Physician, Physician Assistant, Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, Nursing Student: Sign up for Medical Triage.
X-Ray Technicians: Individuals with appropriate training and experience to provide or assist with digital panoramic and intraoral X-rays.