Dental Volunteers for Israel will participate in the FDI World Dental Congress in Prague from September 4 -7th, 2026. We look forward to sharing out vision of humanitarian dental care, meeting potential partners , developing new collaborations, and recruiting volunteer dentists for the years ahead. If you are attending the Congress, please stop by our …
Humanitarian Dental Care Without Borders
Dental Volunteers for Israel is a nonprofit humanitarian organization providing comprehensive, high-quality dental care at no cost to people who face financial and social barriers to treatment.Established in Jerusalem in 1980 by the late Trudi Birger, the organization has promoted oral health, dignity, and equal access to care for more than four decades. Its modern …
LIVE Virtual CE Course with Dr. Gordon J. Christensen!
Join AFDVI for a CE Course Benefiting Dental Volunteers for Israel This presentation includes: How to make preventive dentistry a “win-win” practice management concept. The “new generation” of glass ionomer materials offering numerous new advantages. Use of a combinations of the “new” glass ionomer and resin-based composite for high caries active patients of all ages. …
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DVI Takes On Entire Ukrainian Orphanage for Treatment
Alumim-Nes Harim has resettled the Children’s Home of Shatner, Ukraine. This shelter houses children whose parents are unable to care for them either temporarily or long term due to their financial situation or other issues such as addiction, as well as children who have been removed from their homes by court order. When Russia’s invasion approached …
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Feige – a 4 year old Jewish Refugee from Ukraine, newly arrived in Jerusalem
Feige’s family miraculously arrived in Israel from war torn Ukraine on March 9th, 2022. Living in Uman, the family was hoping to be able to ride out the storm, as Mrs. G (name shortened for patient anonymity) is nine months pregnant. Once the Russians invaded and bombs hit just two hundred meters from their home, …
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1st DVI dentist volunteering in Jerusalem since pandemic began: Dr Jeff Cahn
Dr. Jeffrey Cahn and Dr. Judith Cahn arrived in Israel on 4/22/21 to visit their daughter and grandchildren, and to do a very special mitzvah – volunteer at the free DVI Trudi Birger Dental Clinic. Dr. Cahn is the first dentist to volunteer from outside of Israel since the pandemic first shut Israel’s doors to tourists in March 2020. …
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Zoom Ehud Olmert with AFDVI
Sunday, March 14, 2021 1:00 PM Eastern, 7:00 PM Israel The Future of Middle East Peace:A Conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Register Online REGISTRATION DONATION – $25 PER HOUSEHOLD Former Israeli Prime Minister, Cabinet Member and Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert joins us to discuss the future of peace in the Middle East. A …
DVI’s Trudi Birger Clinic – OPEN THROUGHOUT the Pandemic!
Stress increases risk of tooth decay and leads to tooth pain, and Israel has experienced its fair share of lockdown. DVI’s target populations, at-risk youth and needy elderly, are at greater risk of tooth decay, oral health issues and general health issues, and when someone requires urgent dental care, it should be treated immediately, lest …
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Dr. Yulia Celebrates 20 Years as DVI Celebrates 40 Years
Yulia Medovar began volunteering at DVI in in the Fall of 2000, after the beginning of the Intifada, when foreign dentists stopped coming to Israel because of the danger. Yulia lives in Beit Nachalut, in Gush Etzion, and back at that time the drive to Jerusalem was dangerous, with rock throwing and so on, but …
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Oleh Hadash from NJ takes WEEKLY shifts throughout the Pandemic!
Dr. H made Aliyah from Teaneck, New Jersey in November 2019. He had had his Bar Mitzvah in Israel many years earlier and had since dreamed of moving to Israel. He now lives in Ramot Bet, with his wife Aviva and five children. Dr. H had previously volunteered on the US navy ship the USS …
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