Dentist, daughter aid Honduran orphans

Robert Warner
The Enquirer


Battle Creek dentist Dr. Sharon Dickerson peered into the mouth of a young Honduran orphan and saw too many cavities to count.

"Ugh," she said.

That was when her daughter, Carly, had to remind her to mask her emotions for the sake of the frightened child in the chair.

It was a prelude to four days in which Dickerson and her daughter would work for hours repairing damaged teeth, or yanking them, at a rudimentary dental clinic in Camayagua, Honduras.

Their mission trip in January to the central Honduras city opened their eyes to the life of the desperately poor, but also shined light on the people's indomitable spirit, they said.

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