Remote Dental Surgery as a Medical Civilian Assistance Program (MEDCAP): Helping Iraqi, Kurdish, and U.S. Forces Win Hearts and Minds in the Fight Against Daesh

J Spec Oper Med. 2017 Fall;17(3):148-150. doi: 10.55460/6U1I-0SSE.

Abstract

Dr Ferreira discusses the work of the Humanitarian Aid and Security Forces (HASF) in providing volunteer dental services to a local Christian militia in Mosul, Iraq.

MeSH terms

  • Altruism*
  • Dental Caries / surgery*
  • Health Education
  • Humans
  • International Cooperation
  • Iraq
  • Military Medicine*
  • Oral Hygiene
  • Tooth Extraction*
  • Tooth, Impacted / surgery