Public health dentistry is an area of dentistry concerned with the evaluation of dental health needs and how the practice of dental healthcare meets those needs. Department of Public Health Dentistry is that part of dentistry providing leadership and expertise in population-based dentistry, oral health surveillance, policy development, community-based disease prevention and health promotion, and the maintenance of the dental safety net.
Our department provides accessible and affordable oral health care to people. It is committed to train and calibrate the undergraduate as well as postgraduate students in Public Health Dentistry by providing dental health education, screening and treatment camps on oral diseases for the outreach population tailored specifically on the basis of research on needs of the community.
These community based dental public health programmes are not only constricted to the boundaries of our department but also provides a first-hand exposure to the students on the rural as well as urban settings of the country and methods to treat them via motivation and proving dental services at their doorsteps through a well-equipped mobile dental van. Dental camps are regular activities of the department. The whole idea is to make health care available, accessible, appropriate and acceptable. Students are exposed to different kinds of learning environment which makes learning more experiential, interesting and challenging to the students.
The department maintains rural satellite centres located at Amroha and Haryana to cover the wider area of population for the purpose of awareness, preventive measures as well as for treatment. These centres provide a complete spectrum of treatment from diagnosis to complete rehabilitation with speciality treatment provided free of cost.
The Department also conducts street plays, health talks to address problems like personal hygiene, water conservation air pollution etc.
Apart from regular lectures, practical and clinical teaching session, the department also conducts CDE programmes, seminars and general discussions, case based learning session, problem and project based learning sessions.
The department maintains rural satellite centres located at Amroha and Haryana to cover the wider area of population for the purpose of awareness, preventive measures as well as for treatment. These centres provide a complete spectrum of treatment from diagnosis to complete rehabilitation with speciality treatment provided free of cost.
Faculty members in the department are highly educated and have many achievements to their credit. They participate in the various seminars, continuing dental education programs, national and international conference to keep their skills and knowledge updated.
These community based dental public health programmes are not only constricted to the boundaries of our department but also provides a first-hand exposure to the students on the rural as well as urban settings of the country and methods to treat them via motivation and proving dental services at their doorsteps through a well-equipped mobile dental van. Dental camps are regular activities of the department. The whole idea is to make health care available, accessible, appropriate and acceptable. Students are exposed to different kinds of learning environment which makes learning more experiential, interesting and challenging to the students.
| Sl. No. | Name of Equipments |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dental Chairs and Units |
| 2 | Autoclaves |
| 3 | Ultrasonic Cleaner |
| 4 | Needle Burner with Syringe Cutter |
| 5 | MOBILE CLINIC |
| 6 | Mobile dental van |
| 7 | Autoclave |
| 8 | Intraoral X-Ray |
| 9 | Glass bead sterilizers |
| Sl. No. | Name of Equipments |
|---|---|
| 10 | Compressor |
| 11 | Metal Cabinet |
| 12 | Portable Dental Chair |
| 13 | Stabilizer |
| 14 | Generator |
| 15 | Water Tank |
| 16 | Oxygen Cylinder |
| 17 | Public Address System |
| 18 | TV and Video Cassette player (pendrive) |
| 19 | Demonstration models (minimum) |
