Our Model
Our model is to train and develop dental professionals who provide emergent and restorative dental care that serves people who cannot access or afford high-quality dental services.
How we do what we do.
Mobile Outreaches
Our team ventures out to remote areas where access to emergent dental care is non-existent. We develop relationships with leaders in the community and establish a plan for returning four times each year to provide ongoing dental care. At each outreach, we provide services such as tooth extractions, treatment of dental disease, pain management, and oral health education.
Leadership Development
As we continue to build relationships with local residents, we identify people interested in being trained in the dental profession, and provide scholarships for them to pursue professional certificates and degrees. We provide ongoing leadership development in life skills and managing a dental practice throughout their journey, ultimately empowering them to lead the clinics in their own communities.
Dental Clinics
In strategic areas where we have established relationships, we partner with dental professionals and support them as they build and operate permanent clinics where they are trained to provide high-quality basic care. The clinic serves as a "home base" where local dental professionals are empowered to transform lives through dental care to a previously unmet standard. Our goal is to provide a healthy mix of efficient and quality services that help to ensure optimal oral health for the people we serve. We administer cleanings, extractions, fillings, root canals, and dentures at each clinic.
We Empower Local Leaders in Uganda
Our “hub and spoke” model gives local leaders a proven strategy to create generational impact in Uganda.
Where We Work
Across the street or around the world, the ministry of Hope Smiles is driven by our values, vision, and mission. While contextualized to best serve our local communities, the commitment of Hope Smiles is always the same.
We work relentlessly to restore hope and dignity one smile, one patient at a time. We strive to make high-quality, compassionate dental care available to all Ugandans. We believe our ability to provide high-quality, compassionate dental care is a gift from God, one that we are to use to serve and love others.
Our role in establishing God’s Kingdom in Uganda is to use our gift to serve people all over Uganda, equipping and empowering Ugandan dental professionals to use their gifts in service to their country.
Quite simply, we are in Uganda to love people.