School Dental Health program is a part
of preventive program practiced in school. This program comprises of
comprehensive oral health care which includes Dental check-up, Dental treatment,
Health education, referral for specialized treatment, motivation and
evaluation. Department of Public Health Dentistry of Darshan Dental College,
under the guidance of Dr. Nagesh Bhat (Professor and Head of Department)
conducted the above mentioned program successfully at Witty International
School.
This program included Dental check-up,
health education and importance of oral health and awareness regarding adverse
oral habits and oral cancer especially for higher secondary school children.
Teachers training program was also
included in view to impart knowledge regarding the health education
among children for maintenance of proper oral hygiene, since they
spend much of the time in school and better interaction with teachers helps in
success of this program. The benefit of this program is that it inspires
children, parents and teachers with a huge impact on better oral health.
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