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In March 2006, Team Tobatí joined forces with the UCONN Dental School to organize a service trip to Tobatí. Adam Cohen, a Kingswood-Oxford graduate and current dental student, worked with Ben Cruse and other Team Tobatí leaders to organize the service trip. A group of skilled and enthusiastic students and a Professor from the UCONN dental school traveled to Tobatí for a week to offer a series of free dental clinics to the poor of Tobatí. The group traveled to rural villages throughout Tobatí and treated hundreds of children and adults. Dental care is a severely lacking throughout rural Paraguay. Most children lack any formal attention from a dentist. This trip provided a great service for the people of Tobatí and has also inspired dentists from Asunción to organize free clinics in Tobatí.
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