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    The Trudi Birger Children's Dental Clinic
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Together we’re healing the world, one child and one smile at a time.

The DVI Story

Dental Volunteers for Israel was founded in 1980 by the late Trudi Birger, a Holocaust survivor, microbiologist, and dedicated humanitarian activist.

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DVI welcomes applications from dentists who have been licensed for at least two years, and who feel comfortable doing operative dentistry on children.

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American Friends of DVI

The mission of the American Friends of DVI is to promote oral health, prevent suffering, provide access to care among at-risk populations and to promote international volunteerism and cross-cultural understanding.

Through fundraising and volunteer recruitment efforts in the United States, AFDVI supports the work of Dental Volunteers for Israel at the Trudi Birger Clinic, which provides free dental care and oral health education to Jerusalem’s underprivileged regardless of racial, ethnic, or religious background.

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News & Updates

Posted on August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 by AFDVI

Lucky Sevens?

Dr. Art Missirlian is an Alabama dentist who began volunteering at the DVI dental clinic in 2004.  He recently returned for his seventh time!  During his week at DVI, he […]

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Posted on July 30, 2018August 1, 2018 by AFDVI

From Suffering to Hope

Dr. Nima Dayani is an Endodontist in New York City who specializes in root canal treatment.  He is also a DVI volunteer who is passionate about delivering endodontic treatment to […]

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Posted on April 16, 2018April 17, 2018 by AFDVI

Celebrating DVI Volunteers during National Volunteer Appreciation Week

Our dentist volunteers describe the experience of volunteering at the DVI clinic as fabulous, magnificent, and fantastic.  What a coincidence, those are the exact words we use to describe them!  […]

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