By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 05th September:- Since its
inception in the year 1995, Oral Health Sciences Centre (OHSC), PGIMER is known
for its excellence and world class treatment facilities. Apart from delivering
treatment to patients, OHSC is known for conducting various
Conferences/Conventions/CME/CDE’s on a regular basis.On 80th Birthday
of Late Prof. Amrit Tewari (Ex-Dean, PGIMER) and the occasion of Teacher’s
Day 2018, Oral Health Sciences Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh has organized‘Prof.
Amrit Tewari Memorial Continuing Medical Education Programme’. The programme
began with the inaugural talk by the Director PGIMER Prof. Jagat Ram who
highlighted the role played by Prof. Amrit Tewari for the upliftment of dental
profession as a whole and how she was instrumental in making oral health
accessible to everyone at the time where dentistry was at an infant stage in
the country. He also stressed the importance of oral health on overall health.
Prof. K Guaba (Head, OHSC) told the importance of CME on boosting the education and
practicing an updated and advanced dentistry.
As a part
of scientific programme, lectures by eminent stalwart’s speakers were
held.Prof. O.P.Kharbanda (Chief, Centre for Dental Education & Research,
AIIMS–New Delhi) enlighten how face changes the quality of life and
self-confidence of a person in different ages starting from early childhood to
adulthood and elderly. He added that cleft lip and palate patients can be
treated at any age with an interdisciplinary approach. Such treatment has a
great impact in improving one’s quality of life.
Prof.
Sandesh Mayekar (Leading smile designer, Mumbai) through his presentation
shared his experience that how a perfect smile designing changes professional
outlook of a person.He also highlighted the impact of smile design on Bollywood
and fashion industry in India.He stressed on proper diagnosis and treatment
plan as a key to smile design. Dr. A. Kumarswamy focused on Dental Implants and
its emerging trend in dental practice for replacing the missing teeth.
Prof. Ajay
Logani from AIIMS–New Delhi deliberated how a tooth broken due to trauma can be
saved rather than removing it. He further apprised the recent techniques of
management of cracked tooth in dental practice.
Dr. Tarun
Walia from Dubai gave an insight into the importance of milk teeth in children
and also the behaviour management of children in dental office.At this event,
Prof. Ashima Goyal, the Organizing Secretary said that the Oral Health Sciences Center and the Indian Dental Association are committed to improving the levels
of dental care through a series of such thought provoking scientific discourse.
The program
ended with a panel discussion on Ethics in dental practice where discussion
were held on improving the ethical standards in patient care as well as research.
The house affirmed that maintaining the highest standard of ethics is a
prerequisite for any healthcare service including dentistry.
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