Public Health Dentistry
This branch of Dentistry deals with the leadership and expertise in population based dentistry, oral health surveillance, policy development, community based disease prevention and health promotion, and the maintenance of dental safety net. It is the responsibility of the Department of Public Health Dentistry to assure optimal oral health for the whole community.
Scope
As the quality of life is improving,, there is an increased emphasis on providing dental care and education to the masses. This aim is achieved by the department of Public Health Dentistry. The specialists in this field are in great demand in India as well as Abroad, and are preferred for Jobs such as those in the W.H.O and defence forces.
About the Department
The department of Public Health Dentistry is well equipped to provide quality dental care to the masses in the region around the college. The department has to its credit a fully functional mobile dental care unit, which is sent on a daily basis to some region adjoining the institution, so as to impart dental education and basic dental care to the general population. Moreover, the patients attending these camps are given free dental care in the institution, where they are referred for advanced treatment. The department also manages and runs two satellite centres; one at the Indo-Tibetian Border police Campus, (ITBP), Panchkula, and the other at Shahzadpur. Moreover, the department has adopted two schools, namely the Scolars Public School, Mauli, and Nav Bharti Public School, Barwala to provide complete dental care and education to the students of these schools. The department also organized a free dental camp at "Naraingarh Sugar Mills" on 20th March 2015, on the occasion of World Oral Health Day.
