This is the dentist I've been working with this week. Her name is Battsetseg, which means flower. She has a 1 year old baby which she brought to work with her. She acted as my assistant and we helped each other diagnose. It was fun. They have no dental x-ray machine here so everything is decided by sight. As I was working on a little boy Battsetseg was handing me instruments while nursing her baby. Now that was a first!
This is a typical instrument set up. The instruments are wrapped in a cloth napkin and sterilized. The set up is the same for every patient. Only 5 instruments. Surgical instruments are sterilized and kept separately.
Another Michael Jordan fan. One of the kindergarten students in class today.
This was a really smart class of ten year olds. They asked a lot of great questions then asked for my autograph after class was over. Never happened before.
This is the city center of Choibalsan, sort of, looking east and west. The tall statue is a figure of the horse violin, a two stringed instrument kind of like a violin, which is their national traditional instrument. This is the prettiest place in the city. It's mostly dirt and pavement everywhere else. But the people are happy and friendly. We have people shout hello (sambeno) from passing cars and today a lady yelled " Hi Duane" from across the street. We feel very safe and welcome.
Glad that it has been so enjoyable. I'm sure they feel like you are leaving way to soon. But we will be glad to have you back!
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