About Dental Volunteers for Israel

DVI, established by Holocaust Survivor Trudi Birger in 1980, is the ONLY totally free dental clinic in all of Israel, offering state-of-the-art treatment, thanks to volunteer dentists from all corners of the world. DVI offers free dental care to Jerusalem’s at-risk children, youth, needy elderly and Holocaust Survivors, regardless of race or religion. DVI is the only clinic providing totally free oral health care and education, from age 4 to 26 – and treated 2,711 kids in 2019 and 1,946 in 2020, despite the pandemic! Since 2016, DVI provides free dentures to needy elderly and Holocaust Survivors, treating 138 patients in 2020 alone!