Peer pressure is a funny thing, and is present in every society, and we should harness it's power for Good when possible.  Today in San Jorge, our very large diabetic clinic, we saw 26 patients for dental extractions and 36 people for medical visits, which is not bad with two docs working.  In addition to that, we had 11 dental cleanings, which was a huge surprise.  We are alway recommending cleanings, especially for our diabetic crowd, but no one really ever takes advantage of the services.  Today we started out with 4 scheduled for cleaning, but by the end of the afternoon, 11 had stayed for the extra dental attention.  The only thing I can attribute it to is the fact that we are alway mentioning it, and today the first 4 got the ball rolling, encouraging others to step on up and try.  It has been a long uphill struggle to get people interesting in dental cleanings.  Kemmel's hard work in setting up exceptionally good mobile equipment, and getting two of our health promoter staff trained is finally starting to pay off.  Sure we still have towns that have very little interest, but after today's showing in San Jorge, I think we are turning a corner! Now if we can just keep all of the diabetics away from the Fair this week!  Poco a poco.....