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I 31cone beam4_2014 ering places for elephants, lions and leopards and also brought me to his village, where he proudly showed off a school and a small clinic. The clinic was a do- nation from andBeyond and Africafoundation and consistedofawell-builtconcretebuildingwithseven rooms,twoofwhichwerefurnishedwithequipment. Asignreading‘Daktari’thathungonthedoortotreat- ment room 4 had such a profound effect on me that rightthenandthereIpromisedtheresidentphysician, Dr Obed, to set up a dental care station there. Conditions were perfect and I knew right from that first moment that we had found the location we’d been looking for so long, where we could es- tablishadentalcareprojectinAfrica.Afterspending years working for Land Rover as a mobile dentist at off-road events like Camel Trophy, the Land Rover G4 ChallengeandLandRoverExperience,Ihadlongbeen interested in establishing a permanent site where wecouldreachouttoprovidemedicalservicesusing off-road vehicles. Everywhere I went during my safari I was struck by the great lack of any kind of dental care. Tanzania has a population of 52 million residents …but only 250 dentists. As a result, there are vast regions that must get by without any kind of dental care services. In general, patients have to walk great distancesandundertakearduousjourneysinorderto gettoacityfordentaltreatment.Moreover,thestan- dards at most dental practices are still very under- developed so that in general many people are afraid ofbeingtreated.Andoftenotherneedsinmanyareas aresogreatthatdentalcarehastobeputasidesimply for economic reasons. special _ aid project I CBE0414_30-36_Joergens 28.11.14 11:59 Seite 2 CBE0414_30-36_Joergens 28.11.1411:59 Seite 2