Dr. Ashley Brede Ciapciak knows the importance of good dental health

 Dr. Ashley Brede Ciapciak knows the importance of good dental health

 A general dentist based out in Needham, Massachusetts, Dr. Ciapciak and her family provide a free dental clinic to the 250 children at the Agape AIDS Orphanage in Hyderabad, India.

Founded by Lynne Guhman Voggu of Massachusetts in 2003, Agape AIDS Orphan Care was set up to provide vital medical care, education and support to those children from the lowliest segments of society who end up orphaned as a result of AIDS in India.

Without this kind of support, the orphan charity estimates that 80 percent of orphans born with HIV will die before the age of 5 if not treated.Part of Agape AIDS Orphan Care's remit includes organizing dental check-ups, which Dr. Ciapciak's family have been providing since 2008. It was during one of these recent check-ups that she encountered the young girl with the double row of teeth.