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Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2002;4:269.

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Editor's Note: "Smile China" is one of the international pro bono programs of the International Federation of Facial Plastic Surgery Societies. This is one of a planned series of Brief Communications on these programs.—Wayne F. Larrabee, Jr, MD

SMILE CHINA is a Canadian project with a similar aim to that of "Face to Face" of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. The 2 main goals of this project are (1) to provide facial plastic and reconstructive surgery to underprivileged children born with facial defects such as cleft lip and cleft palate in underserviced remote areas of China and (2) to share surgical techniques and knowledge with local surgeons.

In March 2001, as President of the Canadian Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, I led a team of 2 operating room nurses and a video photographer on Smile China's first surgical mission. The team traveled to . . . [Full Text of this Article]