Overview
With a focus on providing comprehensive dental care and its effects on the oral health status of those residing in underprivileged areas, the department of Public Health Dentistry thrives to broaden in scope and complexity. Additionally, it emphasizes teaching dental students about their responsibilities by providing a variety of public health and preventive services to rural population.
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The Department of Public Health Dentistry strives to make the students complete oral physicians who can address problems from its root and believe in eradicating it completely. Oral health services are predominantly urban oriented. To overcome this issue and make all specialty services available to the rural population, the department has a holistic approach wherein the students are trained to address problems related to the rural population, by using health talks to address problems like personal hygiene, water conservation, air pollution etc. The students are also sensitized to approach the problems of the patient from a cultural context, and provide comprehensive treatment.
Since the inception of the department, a number of health programmes (treatment and check up camps) comprising of diagnosis, restorative treatment, exodontias, oral prophylaxis, oral health awareness, general health awareness etc. have been conducted.
VISION
The Department of Public Health Dentistry aspires to Train young professionals to support le arning and knowledge acquisition, attainment of fundamental dental skills, development of he althy dental attitudes and habits, and comprehension of professional and ethical principles.
MISSION
To provide everyone with access to oral health care that is accessible, universal, and scientifically acceptable.
Aims & Objectives:
- Oral and dental care delivery to the masses at their doorsteps – An institutionalized approach
- Orient students to the profession of dentistry, its development, and philosophies and to the activities related to community oral health promotion.
- Provide the student with principles and working details required for administering dental practice effectively.
- Create awareness about oral and dental health among members of the community through activities of community organisations and professional bodies. Make the student aware of the prevailing or changing socio-economic conditions.