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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 />
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CSE & IT Final yr Hostellers of<br />
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‘Intellectual Learning in Engineering<br />
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for Final year VIPER students<br />
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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.)