Charles Sturt University (CSU) dentistry student Mr Mike Azer will travel to the Northern Territory in his holidays to provide dental care in Indigenous communities. A qualified dental therapist, and in his second year of his Bachelor of Dentistry degree at CSU, Mr Azer will spend six weeks working with an assistant to help ease the pain of patients. “It’s a great way to get some life experience and also assist those who normally don’t see a dentist in their community,” Mr Azer said. When he visited the same region last year, Mr Azar experienced life in a remote area. “I see people who are in a lot of pain so I do what I can to help them and try to educate them to take better care of their oral health.” Mr Azar plans to provide similar dental care when he travels to East Timor with a group of CSU dentistry students in 2011.