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Reyna is the mother of five. She takes care of her home and her husband. For years she’s been suffering from hypertension and 35 years ago she lost all of her teeth. “It wasn’t easy getting used to life without teeth”, Reyna says. Her lack of teeth also triggered digestive problems and gastric reflux. Reyna…

José Montoya is close to 80 years old and has been a farmer forall his life. He has seven children. Known as Don Chema, he has plenty of energy, lifts everyone’s spirits with his guitar, and isn’t a bad singer either. Each time Don Chema visits the clinic, he brings the beans he harvested. He…

Thomas is 73 years old. He is hypertensive and pre-diabetic. He survives by selling ceviche and seafood. He lost part of his teeth when he was very young. The remaining teeth have severe wear from grinding (bruxism) that causes sensitivity and periodontal problems. When he was young he used to play football, but in a…

Williams is 58 years old. He works as a construction worker.He suffers from diabetes with hypertensive predisposition. According to William, he had tried to seek dental help but no one wanted to take care of his case. At the consultation he presented a generalized chronic periodontitis and destruction of his maxillary bone by a chronic…

Margarita is a housewife. She has five children and like her husband, most of them are engaged in bricklayers construction work Margarita is a grandmother of seven grandchildren and two of them are under her personal care. She suffered the loss of premature permanent dentition of her and four years ago lost the last of…

Santiago is 68 years old. He is a war veteran (he still has 3 shells in one of his arms), which makes it difficult for him to work properly. He has vision problems and he is hypertensive. For 30 years he hasn’t been receiving any sort of dental treatment. His teeth were damaged, infected, and…