One-million Smiles Project®
Dubai June 2007,
ACT, in partnership with Alpha medica co., is introducing an ambitious humanitarian project over Middle East and Asia. The objective is to help people bearing their lower denture with the help of two implant supported attachments.
People and companies involved in the project.
Mr. Amar Abdula, General Manager of Alpha medica, responsible for the management of the project.
Dr. Philippe Tardieu, as CEO of ACT, is the founder of the project. He was touched by the importance of this public health problem in Asia and Middle East and decided to set up a project that would directly benefit to final users and not just spending money without control on it.
Dr. Robert Fromental, is a talented implantologist working in France, Director of Drive Cie, responsible for the development of implants and products.
The state of the problem
A lot of people are suffering of edentulisum in Middle East and in Asia. Millions of people are fully edentulous, millions in China, millions is all Middle East. This is a real and important public health problem.
These people usually can wear dentures with more or less success. The upper dentures, based on a large surface support are quite well tolerated but the lower dentures are almost never integrated. The lower dentures move with tongue movements, they are painful when patients try to chew on them and this induces a feeling of uncomforted related to depression and sadness. Based on Dr. Tardieu's clinical: using only 2 implants to stabilize lower dentures really “changed the life “ of his patients.
Two attachment balls on two implants allowing supporting a lower denture in very good conditions.
The One-million Smiles implants designed under the supervision of Drive company (France).
The project
The objective is to be able to treat a big number of patients for a very limited price and to give to that share of population a big improvement in their everyday life. We want to give back a smile on one million faces or more it is why this project is called The One-million Smiles project®.
The benefit of such a project will reward all protagonists:
- the basic team of clinician to see their dreams becoming reality
- the company providing implants and components and medicines at a very low price to attach their name to a strong image allowing them to open a new market
- to governmental institutions that will be included in the Project to take benefit of the direct satisfaction of the population that will feel that something special has been done for them.
- to NGOs that will help is supplying the development and the control of this project over one or several countries for a long and powerful project.
- for benevolent surgeons, dentists teachers that will be involved in the project for the gratification they will get back from their commitment.
The organization
- The Steering Committee consists of representatives of the founding companies and individuals, who take strategic decisions and donate money to cover the expenses of the project. It includes:
Accuracy Current Technologies ZC LLC (Dubai, UAE) represented by Dr. Philippe Tardieu who is the founder of this project.
Alpha medica co. (China) represented by Amar Abdalla takes in charge the overall organization of the project and contacts with governments and ONG. It will cover financial expenses to set up and handle to project. It will be responsible to find the required financial support from Governments and NGOs to handle the project.
- NGOs, governmental institutions, Ministers of Heath, Universities, Governmental, Army and Police Hospitals, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, private financial and technical supports will be added locally to execute the plans of the steering committee. These entities will be responsible for the local support organizing the education of surgeons, the delivery of all needed material, the implants placement and the patients' follow up. They will also supply all the necessary financial support to buy implants, components and medicines to Alpha medica co. and other selected companies.
Help and donates are welcome.
Please directly contact the Steering Commitee writing to Dr. Philippe Tardieu to Mr. Amar Abdula or to Dr. Robert Fromental.
