Department of Public Health Dentistry
Services Provided
Speciality services within the department
- Preventive dental treatment – pit and fissure sealants/ atraumatic restorative treatment/ topical fluoride application
- Minimal invasive dentistry
- Comprehensive treatment for patients referred from dental camps
- Comprehensive case history and measurement of oral diseases using indices
Oral health education and awareness programs in the college premises (health education museum), dental camps and in schools.
- Tobacco cessation counselling
- Diet counselling
- Oral hygiene maintenance
Rural and urban outreach programs
- Dental camps
- Incremental care for school children
- Comprehensive care for school children
- Preventive and comprehensive care for priority groups like pregnant and lactating women, geriatrics and special group children
Other services
- Oral health surveillance and disease burden
- Epidemiological surveys and fluoride mapping