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ISSUE <strong>13</strong> OCTOBER 2016<br />

9<br />

BIGGER CAUSE<br />

Oral health is a critical, but an overlooked component of ov<strong>era</strong>ll health<br />

and well-being. Dental diseases like cavities, gum diseases, irregular<br />

teeth, oral cancer and injuries to dental structures affect a large number<br />

of people and cause much discomfort and pain. Their impact is<br />

therefore consid<strong>era</strong>ble, both at individual level and community level.<br />

India has approximately 301 dental colleges with around 25,000<br />

students graduating every year. With such a huge work force<br />

theoretically all these diseases should have already been <strong>era</strong>dicated.<br />

However, in reality, about 90 % of our population harbors one or more<br />

dental diseases.<br />

Oral health services in India are affected by problems of availability,<br />

accessibility, affordability, acceptability and accommodation of<br />

services. Majority of the Dentists tend to practice in urban and suburban<br />

areas ignoring poor rural population with greater treatment<br />

needs. These people need to travel far distances to get their dental<br />

needs addressed. The fact that majority of these people survive on daily<br />

wages; traveling and abstinence from work inflates the cost of dental<br />

treatment and limits their affordability. Majority of these rural<br />

inhabitants lack awareness about the dental diseases, reducing the<br />

acceptability of such services even if readily provided. Accommodative<br />

problems in terms of availability of dentist in emergency hours, waiting<br />

period and ease of getting an appointment are other factors that need to<br />

be considered for effective dental service<br />

utilization<br />

.<br />

Hence to relieve pain and<br />

suffering, restore and<br />

maintain oral health,<br />

and to address the<br />

above mentioned<br />

i s s u e s o f r u r a l<br />

p o p u l a t i o n<br />

deprived of oral<br />

care needs, we<br />

h a v e s t a r t e d<br />

primary level<br />

d e n t a l c a r e<br />

centers (satellite<br />

c l i n i c s ) a t<br />

identified rural<br />

l o cations. Five<br />

s u c h s a t e l l i t e<br />

clinics have been<br />

established till date at<br />

K u m u d a v a l l i ,<br />

D i r u s u m a r r u ,<br />

Juvvalapalem, Allampuram and<br />

D w a r a k a T i r u m a l a . E a c h<br />

Feedback and followup<br />

through local<br />

network<br />

VISHNU DENTAL COLLEGE<br />

VISHNU DENTAL CARE<br />

(Primary Care Center)<br />

2 Dental Chair Units<br />

1 Dental Surgeon<br />

1 Dental Nurse<br />

1 Attender<br />

establishment caters to the needs of around 65,000<br />

population in the surrounding villages. Every satellite clinic is<br />

Screening for dental diseases,<br />

appraisal and follow up<br />

equipped with 2 dental chairs, a qualified dental surgeon, a dental<br />

nurse and an attender. Basic primary and emergency dental care will be<br />

provided at these centers on all working days. On-site specialist dental<br />

care will be provided by a visiting specialist on a weekly basis. Patients<br />

requiring comprehensive multi-disciplinary care are referred to our<br />

tertiary care center where all provisions to render such care exist.<br />

In order to create oral health awareness among the<br />

rural population, we int<strong>era</strong>ct and work in<br />

collaboration with village level health workers like<br />

Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs),<br />

Anganwadi workers and Multi-purpose Health<br />

Workers (MPHWs). These health care workers are<br />

trained to identify common oral diseases in a given<br />

population and also to inform about the services provided at our<br />

centers. Both undergraduate and post graduate students are deployed<br />

to work in association with these village level workers to appraise the<br />

rural inhabitants regarding oral diseases and their prevention. Periodic<br />

meetings are held at all levels to resolve any issues encountered.<br />

Taking the advantage<br />

of digital technology,<br />

all the satellite clinics<br />

are equipped with<br />

i n t e r n e t , d i g i t a l<br />

r a d i o g r a p h y a n d<br />

digital photography<br />

f acilities. T h is<br />

ensures better<br />

connectivity<br />

o f t h e s e<br />

c e n t e r s<br />

w i t h t h e<br />

t e r t i a r y<br />

c a r e<br />

c e n t e r<br />

a n d<br />

a l l o w s<br />

exchang<br />

5<br />

Primary care centers<br />

established till date<br />

8167<br />

Patients received<br />

treatments<br />

1259<br />

Patients referred<br />

to tertiary center<br />

<strong>13</strong>,586<br />

Patients screened<br />

till date at these<br />

centers<br />

e o f<br />

opinions with specialists. To update the knowledge of<br />

working dentists and enhance their skills, continuing<br />

dental education programs are conducted regularly. As a<br />

unique initiative, we utilize our community radio service,<br />

Radio Vishnu (90.4 FM) to deliver health care messages to the<br />

rural masses through panel discussions, live int<strong>era</strong>ctive sessions,<br />

phone in programs and health talks. All these initiatives enhance<br />

provision of high quality dental health care and help to improve the oral<br />

health related quality of life of rural population we serve.<br />

Vishnu Oral Healthcare Delivery Model for Rural Population<br />

KUMUDAVALLI<br />

7 KM<br />

14 KM<br />

36 KM<br />

DIRUSUMARRU<br />

24 KM<br />

Community Outreach@ Vishnu<br />

ALLAMPURAM<br />

80 KM<br />

JUVVALAPALEM<br />

DWARKA<br />

TIRUMALA<br />

Location of Vishnu Dental Satellite Clinics<br />

VALUE ADDITION @ Other<br />

4<br />

TO<br />

7<br />

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11<br />

TO<br />

14<br />

th<br />

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JULY<br />

2016<br />

JULY<br />

2016<br />

‘Intellectual Learning in Engineering<br />

Applications'<br />

‘Intellectual Learning in Engineering<br />

Applications'<br />

ECE,EEE,MECH & BME Final year<br />

Hostel students of BVRITN<br />

CSE & IT Final yr Hostellers of<br />

BVRITN<br />

th<br />

16 JULY 'Intrinsic Motivation' Training Placement Team of SVES<br />

2016<br />

st<br />

21<br />

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23 2016<br />

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24<br />

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26 2016<br />

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28 2016<br />

JULY 'e-Lab' in C-programming for Teaching staff and supporting<br />

staff<br />

JULY ‘Scientific Educational Practices' Teaching Faculty from SVECW<br />

and VIT<br />

JULY 'e-Lab' in C-programming III CSE & IT students from<br />

BVRITH.<br />

th<br />

29<br />

TO<br />

th<br />

30 2016<br />

3<br />

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JULY 'e-Lab' in C-programming III CSE & IT students from<br />

AUG<br />

2016<br />

nd<br />

22<br />

TO<br />

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24 2016<br />

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25 AUG<br />

TO<br />

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27 2016<br />

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29 AUG<br />

TO<br />

st<br />

31 2016<br />

‘Intellectual Learning in Pharmaceutical<br />

Educational Practice'<br />

BVRITH.<br />

AUG 'Ethical and Cultural diversity Faculty<br />

Activities<br />

@ VEDIC<br />

‘Intellectual Learning in Engineering<br />

Applications'<br />

‘Intellectual Learning in Management<br />

Applications'<br />

for Final year VIPER students<br />

2016 passed out and un-placed<br />

students of BVRITN<br />

MBA II & Final year students<br />

of BVRITN<br />

Annual Conclave of SVES Training &Placement Team – was conducted on 17th July, 2016 .<br />

"Career Aspirations in Science & Technology" (CAST) for First year Engineering students of BVRITH was<br />

conducted on 11th -<strong>13</strong>th Aug 2016 (a one day Motivational workshop for CSE,IT,ECE and EEE students.)

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