2020, issue 16

Working in the wild: wilderness expedition dentistry

Burjor Langdana
ByBurjor Langdana
Published04 May 2020
Do you thrive in a challenging situation, enjoy lateral thinking and love travelling and exploring new places? If so, wilderness expedition dentistry could be for you, says DDU member Burjor Langdana.

It's the memories and experiences of expedition dentistry that make it so special…it can be exhausting but you will be rewarded by unforgettable experiences.

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Burjor Langdana

Burjor is currently an NHS dentist in England. He is a faculty member of RCPS Glasgow and World Extreme Medicine and the contributing author and editor for the dental chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine. He is a resident expedition dentist for AdventureMedic; founder of Wilderness Expedition Dentistry and past consultant dentist for the British Antarctic Survey Medical Unit. He has many years' experience in expedition dentistry, having first become interested while running dental camps in India and later when working in Oman, Antarctic, VSO Malawi, and mobile surgical services in New Zealand.