Deborah Krotz Dieleman

Deborah L. Krotz-Dieleman is a general practice dentist from Washington, Iowa.  She graduated from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in 1989, and has been in private practice since then.  She also has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Central University of Iowa in Biology.  Deb has traveled on numerous SMART trips throughout Honduras and Guatemala. She enjoys watching her two children in their activities, traveling with her family, and remodeling their 1870 home.  One of her goals is to bring her entire office staff on a mission trip someday.

"I feel the trips with SMART are a refreshing experience that put life priorities in perspective.   I am not a person who enjoys "roughing it" by any means.  I hate to camp.  However, the long, hot days of treating the endless stream of patients will leave you extremely tired and ready to crash in most any environment.  The patients are very humble in thanking me.   It is quite rewarding to place anterior restorations in a young adult and show them in a mirror as well as extracting a tooth that is quite infected on a patient who traveled several days to the clinic. Every trip is different.  I have been able to establish close friendships with many other volunteers.  I also love to see teenagers transformed in only a weekend.  "