On a dental internship in Dar Es Salaam, you’ll witness and assist with some of the commonplace cases that affect Tanzanians. One of these is dental fluorosis - caused by poor diet and contaminated water. As a rapidly developing city, Dar Es Salaam boasts many exciting opportunities for travel and exploration. Leave the mainland and dive into Zanzibar’s turquoise water, or visit Mikumi National Park for a unique safari tour. Read what our students think below!
Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine 2022
"A lot of the time we were working with no x-rays. This meant a lot of procedures, such as extractions for example were kind of performed blind."
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University of Adelaide 2018
"The resilience of the patients—and the people of Tanzania in general—astounded me."
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Griffith University 2014
I was exposed to more oral surgery at this clinic in ten days than in my entire fourth year at dental school
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Newcastle University 2011
I had the opportunity to carry out dental examinations and extractions in the oral surgery department
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University of Sheffield 2012
"I came across pathology I had only ever seen in textbooks back in the UK"
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