The department offers comprehensive oral health care for the patients, which includes health education, pit and fissure sealant application, topical fluoride application, Glass lonomer cement, amalgam and composite restorations, pulp therapies, extractions etc. The department also conducts outreach programmes to reach the rural population, where it conducts health awareness sessions and also offers services like pit and fissure sealant application, topical fluoride application, Glass lonomer cement and amalgam restorations, extractions etc.
The department also conducts oral health awareness programs to make the public aware of the importance of maintaining good oral health and various other programs like AIDS awareness programs, anti tobacco campaigns where in people are educated about the harmful effects of tobacco on oral health and the consequences of consuming tobacco. Certain health awareness programs are also conducted specially for school children wherein the children are educated about how to maintain good oral hygiene. Health education is given for certain special groups like pregnant and lactating mother, diabetics etc.
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