The Dental Mission Manual is a comprehensive, practical guide for portable, short-term dental mission trips that is sprinkled with anecdotes. These field-tested hints by numerous dental missionary veterans will optimize the portable mission team experience from start to finish, summarizing information asked of the Christian Dental Society for fifty years. Garner knowledge and confidence to lead or to volunteer for mission trips to developing countries to help the neediest people while visiting different parts of the world. CDS volunteers agree that a dental mission trip is a precious, life-transforming outflow of compassion. The desire to make a difference energizes the spirit and restores smiles and hope to hurting people.