Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 20: A dental check-up camp was today organized at the Health Centre, University of Jammu to mark World Oral Health Day 2016.
During the camp, Dr Gautam Sharma, Dental Surgeon, University of Jammu, and president, Indian Dental Association, conducted the oral health check-up of the residents of University campus including hostelers.
Dr Sharma said that it is of utmost importance to detect the oral-dental diseases at an early stage so that their spread can be controlled. A patient with dental problem generally avoids consulting a dentist at an early stage and the only reason which brings him to a dentist is an attack of a severe dental pain, he added.
Dr Sharma also gave various tips to maintain good oral hygiene to the visitors of the camp.
Prof Yash Pal Sharma, HoD Botany & convener of Health Centre Advisory Committee, said that all the recognized days related to human health will be celebrated in the university health centre in future also and this will be a regular and perpetual feature. Besides others, the faculty, their families and other stake holders will benefit out of such camps, he added.
Dr Shabana Azmi, Medical Officer, who was present on the occasion, emphasized that the dental wing of the university has state of art facilities that were upgraded from time to time.
Ashish Gupta from Abbott Pharma provided tooth paste, mouth wash, antibiotics and analgesics, which were provided free of cost to patients.
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