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Portrait of a Professional

BH: What led you from Latin America to Southeast Asia?
DE: Honduran President Zalaya was deposed in a
military coup in 2009. I evacuated myself from
the capital the day of his abduction and moved
my operation to Southeast Asia.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, has a beautiful new
dental school where I have lectured and operated. There is essentially no training available
there in orthodontics. Any orthodontist who
would like to lecture there should contact me.
Phnom Penh is a fascinating city, but it is still
haunted by the memory of the Khmer Rouge.
BH: Have you ever felt that you were in danger?
DE: I was taking photos of a Honduran garbage
dump community when a young man
approached me. He asked me in Spanish if I
would like him to take my picture. I replied, "No,
gracias." He again asked, "¿Estás seguro?" ("Are
you sure?") I replied that I was sure I did not want
a photo. He then pulled his gun and asked a third
time if I would like him to take my photo. In a
moment of absolute clarity, I replied that of

Giving a guest lecture at the new dental school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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course I would like a photo. As he started running
away with my camera, my dental assistant,
Carlos, started chasing this guy with a can of
mace. (Machismo is still prevalent in Honduras.)
I shouted, "¡Carlos, él tiene pistola; vamanos!"
("Carlos, he has a gun; let's get out of here!") Of
course, I never saw my camera again.
BH: How do people learn about your clinics? Do
you post notices or advertise?
DE: How people learn of my clinics might surprise you: word-of-mouth via cell phones. Amazingly, even needy families generally have at least
one cell phone. Even street people pass the time
watching television on smart phones. Of course,
many of the phones are "pre-owned" (stolen) and
somehow people learn the network passwords of
nearby businesses.
BH: Are most of your patients in pain?
DE: Surprisingly, many people with rampant
decay are not in acute pain, especially if a sinus
tract stoma allows drainage. Each morning I
triage the line so that acute pain and severe
infections are seen first.

Kids are kids, but most are stoic and cooperative,
especially considering they usually need
extractions on their first dental visit. This is at a
clinic in a church in the Philippines.

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