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Overview
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The primary goal
of the dept. of community dentistry is to provide comprehensive dental
care services in rural areas through outreach services of Christian
Dental College & Hospital, Ludhiana. The Department is involved with the
teaching of undergraduate students and interns under the guidance of
professors, Readers and Senior Lecturers.
Changes in dietary habits, dietary patterns and nutritional constituents
of foods brought about by adoption of western culture and food habits
have resulted in significant increase in the incidence and prevalence of
oral and dental diseases in the country.
Lack of dental awareness and non-availability of dental care facilities
in the rural, Far-flung and slum areas have further aggravated this
problem because 70% of the population resides in these areas but most of
the dental care facilities are available to the 30% of the population in
the urban areas and the affluent sections of the society.
Keeping in view all the above factors, the Christian Dental College and
Hospital, Ludhiana has drawn up a comprehensive oral health plan to
provide promotive, educative, preventive, prophylactic, curative and
oral rehabilitative services to these rural people at their doorsteps in
the villages. To achieve this objective, the Christian Dental College
Ludhiana has converted an old Medical van into the Dental Van and
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Activities |
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Aims :
To Provide training in the subject of Community Dentistry to the
undergraduates and interns in real-life situations in the rural areas,
slums, urban centers, schools, old age homes, orphanages etc.
To improve the Oral health status of the people of the selected areas by
laying emphasis on social and preventive measures which are essential to
maintain positive oral health.
To provide comprehensive oral health care services (including promotive,
preventive, prophylactic and curative) to the people at their doorsteps
in the rural areas and the school children in their school.
To launch an effective campaign to create awareness about the importance
of oral health care amongst the people by involving community leaders,
elected representatives from the people, school teachers, opinion
leaders, school children through socially acceptable means of
communication.
To make people participate in oral health promotion, because health
promotion is possible with people, only when they know that they are
going to benefit from the change.
The Christian Dental College observes a dental health week in the month
of September each year. A massive drive is launched to create awareness
about oral health amongst the people through:
1. Oral health exhibition with the help of charts, models and chair side
demonstration.
2. On the spot painting competition
3. Healthy teeth competition
4. Relay races, cycle marches
5. Skits on oral health
6. Folk songs through gidha and bhangra.
7. Articles on oral health in the press
8. Display of slogans on oral health
9. Talk through electronic media like T.V, radio and cable network.
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