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Dental and oral health check-up camp concludes at press club

By Nava Thakuria |

Most of the media persons of the city were diagnosed with various dental problems, where it was found that everyone has been using wrong brushing process and irregular cleaning of teeth. The participants in a daylong dental & oral health check-up camp & oral health awareness programme, organized at Guwahati Pres Club today, were so advised by the doctors for follow-up actions to maintain the dental hygiene.

Organized by the department of public health dentistry (PHD) in association with 25th junior doctors association (JDA) of Regional Dental College (RDC) Guwahati, the camp witnessed the participation of hundred media persons.

A team of over 30 doctors from the department of PHD and members of JDA, under the guidance of Dr Arshad bin B Hussain, assistant professor of RDC, attended the camp and offered consultations to the media persons.

During the camp, a complete oral & dental screening of the participants was done with dental treatments like scaling and simple restorations. A multi-media presentation was also delivered by Dr Syeda Shabana Yasmin and Dr Mahasweta Dasgupta to enlighten the participants on the importance of dental & oral health.

The doctors including Dr Munmi Borkakoti, Dr Jemei, Dr Dani Tana, Deepjyoti Das, Dr Sumeet Bhattacharjee, Dr Rupam Das, Dr Paramita Brahmachari, Dr Moni Kangkan Deka, Dr Anjali Priya, Dr Charin Paluk, Dr Subrata Saha, Dr Renjam Jamei, Dr Liza Barman, Dr Hriday Ranjan Patgiri, Dr Ranison Hungyo, Dr Utpal Kalita, Dr Susanta Sutradhar, Dr Madhuri Dey, Dr Daleep Siyag, Dr Prasenjit Chakma, Dr Sabir Alam Bora, Dr Rashmi Kumari, Dr Manjari etc rendered their services during the camp.

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