Bhubaneswar: National school oral health programme is the need of hour in India : Dhable
Bhubaneswar, Dec 16 : Secretary General of the Indian Dental Association (IDA) Dr. Ashok Dhable has underscored the need for a national school oral health programme.
Addressing the inaugural program of the 39th state conference of the IDA at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) here on Friday, Dhable said barely six to seven percent of India’s population seek the help of a dentist when faced with any dental problem.
Pointing out that the percentage of people seeking help for dental issues was abysmally low, he suggested that this needed to be improved to at least 15 percent.
The children, he said, should be taught the need for proper dental care at an early age and so there is the need for a national school oral health program, he said.
Dr. Dibyendu Mazumdar, President of Dental Council of India (DCI), who was the chief guest at the event, said there were 370 dental colleges in India which had more than three lakh dental surgeons.
He stressed on the need for a national task force for proper implementation of the dental curriculum.
The program was presided over by SOA Vice-Chancellor Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda who outlined the various research works being undertaken by the university.
