AFM DENTAL CLINIC IN LOME

Five days a week our dedicated dental team set out across the city of Lome driving approx 30 minutes to the clinic run by Mercy Ships.  The three story building is owned by the Ministry of Health and provides enough space for 9 dental chairs and all the necessary equipment required to assist approx. 250 potential patients weekly that are accepted from the pre-screenings held twice a week.


Potential patients come with a range of dental problems from simple cavities to infected abscesses that cause huge deformities to the face. The team coordinators schedule between 50-60 appointments per day.and work non stop extracting teeth, filling cavities and at times, constructing new teeth.


Due to the lack of dental services in Togo, many people have never visited a dentist or have received little or no education on the importance of caring for their teeth.  There are several preventative measures taken to help the patients. While in the waiting area, the dental team demonstrates basic dental hygiene to the patients, and the clinic has a hygienist committed to cleaning teeth in hopes of reducing the risk of cavities and infections.

The clinic will run throughout the 6 months during the Togo field service.  Mercy Ships estimates that several thousands of people will be helped during this time, most of whom will find solace and relief from their pain for the first time in their lives.

Waiting in line for treatment one woman expressed her excitement for finally receiving dental healing, “I didn’t know how I was going to get dental care so I was praying… when I heard the name of Mercy Ships I said the mercy of God is touching me and wherever he is working he gives a way to his mercy”.